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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. Kasturbai kept her faith in her husband's character even when what happened?
(a) He was gone from her.
(b) He did not deserve it.
(c) She did not believe in it.
(d) He did not display it.

2. What does the author say is Gandhi's message?
(a) His life.
(b) Love others above yourself.
(c) Bring peace to all.
(d) All religions are right.

3. In addition to detachment, what was a guiding principle from the Gita to which Gandhi aspired?
(a) Love for others.
(b) Undivided singleness of mind.
(c) A calm mind.
(d) Love for the God of Love.

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

5. What did Gandhi call the secret to the art of living?
(a) The middle verses of the Third Chapter of the Gita.
(b) The first verse of the First Chapter of the Gita.
(c) The last ten verses of the the Second Chapter of the Gita.
(d) The last eighteen verses of the Second Chapter of the Gita.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi called the Bhagavad Gita what?

2. In order to make his teaching more accessible, Gandhi established what?

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

4. Gandhi's secretary, Mahadev Desai, answered the question of how Gandhi spoke so eloquently with no preparation or notes by explaining what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the final chapter?

3. What role did Kasturbai play in Gandhi's personal transformation?

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

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

6. How does Gandhi respond when he is asked the secret of life?

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

8. What did Gandhi often do in the evening?

9. What analogy does Rambha give?

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

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