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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what does one who loves the Lord of Love focus?
(a) Giving love to others.
(b) Where to find love.
(c) How to love oneself.
(d) Living in the spirit of love.

2. Was Gandhi burdened by worry about what was to come?
(a) Yes, somewhat.
(b) Yes, very much.
(c) Yes, at times.
(d) No.

3. Easwaran opens the chapter entitled Mother and Child by asking the question of how such a personal evolution could have come about, and how the evolution of a single person could effect what?
(a) Such a minor political and interpersonal change.
(b) Such sweeping political and interpersonal change.
(c) Such sweeping interpersonal change.
(d) Such sweeping political change.

4. Gandhi's focus was on letting the wisdom, love, joy and peace he studied make up what?
(a) His private life.
(b) The very essence of his being.
(c) His public life.
(d) Most of his life.

5. What was one of Gandhi's most treasured meditations?
(a) The first verse of the First Chapter of the Gita.
(b) The last ten verses of the the Second Chapter of the Gita.
(c) The middle verses of the Third Chapter of the Gita.
(d) The last eighteen verses of the Second Chapter of the Gita.

Short Answer Questions

1. A united mind is the only mind that is able to meditate and do what?

2. When Gandhi was asked to explain in three words the secret of his life, what did he say?

3. In addition to detachment, what was a guiding principle from the Gita to which Gandhi aspired?

4. With whom did Gandhi take all of his solitude?

5. What is the key to transformation of character and consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of Gandhi's most treasured meditations?

2. What is the purpose of the final chapter?

3. Who came to see Gandhi? Why did they come to see him?

4. According to Sri Krishna, what does the wise person's love for the Lord of Love do?

5. What are things that Gandhi does in the company of others?

6. What did Gandhi do to make his teaching more accessible?

7. Besides detachment, what is another guiding principle from the Gita?

8. How does Easwaran closes this chapter?

9. What do Gandhi and his wife do for Indians?

10. What would happen that reveals how Gandhi was revered?

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