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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. Even ______________ was Gandhi embodying the spirit of compassion and forgiveness for which he had come to be known.
(a) When he was a small child.
(b) On the last day of Gandhi's life.
(c) When others threatened him.
(d) When he was alone.

2. The two of them became what for men and women throughout India?
(a) A painful reminder of their inadequacy.
(b) A source of jealousy.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) An unattainable goal.

3. People came burdened and overwhelmed with their troubles, and left how?
(a) Laughing and lighthearted.
(b) Less burdens and troubles.
(c) With new ideas and beliefs.
(d) With new burdens and troubles.

4. What types of people did Gandhi love?
(a) Hindus.
(b) The religious.
(c) Every variety.
(d) Indians.

5. His ashram family, however, the ones who came to be called his _____________________ were the ones who knew best the man Gandhi was in his daily life.
(a) Ashram menagerie.
(b) Ashram crew.
(c) Ashram herd.
(d) Ashram life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps a mind steady in every circumstance?

2. What did Gandhi tell the man who killed him?

3. His daily chores were always done in the company of others, his meals were a time of what?

4. Who is Patanjali?

5. The people who gravitated to Gandhi are testament to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and how did Gandhi's process of learning to eliminate his fear start?

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

3. How does detachment help Gandhi?

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

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

6. What happens when Gandhi reduced himself to zero?

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

8. On what was Gandhi focused? What do the people who gravitated to Gandhi reveal about him?

9. What does Gandhi do on the day of his death?

10. How does Easwaran closes this chapter?

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