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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. Easwaran explains that Gandhi was quoting what from Hindu scripture?
(a) The Vedanta.
(b) The Puranas.
(c) The Isha Upanishad.
(d) The Tevaram Saivite hymns.

2. Why did Gandhi experiment with variations on vegetarian dishes?
(a) To make them for filling.
(b) To make them appealing to all.
(c) To make them readily available to others.
(d) To make them nutritious in spite of taste.

3. Gandhi's process of learning to eliminate his fear started when?
(a) He was a child and was afraid of the dark.
(b) He moved to South Africa.
(c) He studied law in England.
(d) He was first married.

4. What was the source of the inspiration to which Gandhi clung?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Gita.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Koran.

5. Gandhi's secretary, Mahadev Desai, answered the question of how Gandhi spoke so eloquently with no preparation or notes by explaining what?
(a) Gandhi is good at thinking on his feet.
(b) Gandhi used the same speech where ever he went.
(c) Everything Gandhi thinks, does, and says are exactly the same so all he has to do is to be.
(d) Gandhi has a great memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Easwaran explains that most people see life in terms of what?

2. A united mind is trained wholly to what?

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

4. Gandhi used what Rambha taught him his whole life, repeating it rhythmically when?

5. Kasturbai maintained a standard Gandhi could live up to and never doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a union with the Lord of Love do?

2. How is a mantra important?

3. What did Gandhi often do in the evening?

4. Who were most of Gandhi's followers? What did he say about them?

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

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

7. What is meant by detachment?

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

9. What happens when Gandhi reduced himself to zero?

10. What is the purpose of the final chapter?

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