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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gandhi call the Yeravda Prison?

2. Easwaran opens his chapter describing the Way of Love by recounting what story?

3. He made the determination then and there that he would do what?

4. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?

5. How successful was Gandhi in Bombay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ahimsa?

2. What is Gandhi's reputation at this time in South Africa? Why?

3. What does Gandhi's uncle do for him after high school?

4. What is one of the most potent moments in Gandhi's life?

5. What does Gandhi call the new form of resistance? What does it mean?

6. How does Gandhi deal with the Black Act?

7. How did Gandhi find himself when he first arrived in England?

8. What was different about Gandhi's behavior compared to other men in his position?

9. How did Gandhi feel about English customs? What did he do with these feelings?

10. What was the Salt Satyagraha of 1930?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Self-Satyagraha is discussed.

Part 1) What is this type of satyagraha? To what is it compared?

Part 2) How can one begin a self-satyagraha? How can this benefit one's life?

Part 3) How different would your life be if you began a self-satyagraha? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The Salt Satyagraha of 1930 was significant.

Part 1) What was this? Why is it significant?

Part 2) Why does this take place? Do you believe this satyagraha was necessary? Why or why not? How effective was it? Why?

Part 3) to what other satyagrahas does this lead? How does it affect the lives of those in India, as well as around the world?

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi's return home was a struggle.

Part 1) Why was his return home a struggle? How did he handle this?

Part 2) How might Gandhi have handled this struggle later in life? Why?

Part 3) How does this struggle lead Gandhi to be the man as the world knows him?

Part 4) What does this say about the importance of one's struggles?

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