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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. When his rebellion brought Gandhi into the presence of the leader of the Transvaal government himself, what did Gandhi do?

2. What does this type of revolution mean?

3. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.

4. Through a connection of his brother's, Gandhi was given a ____________ contract with a Muslim firm in South Africa to work what he thought would be a clerical position well below the dignity of his education.

5. Gandhi resolved to make a project of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Gandhi learn about the law while in South Africa?

3. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

4. With what was Gandhi confronted in South Africa? How did he deal with this?

5. What does Easwaran describe in the first chapter?

6. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

7. How did Gandhi feel about volunteering? How did these feelings influence him?

8. How does Gandhi go about changing India?

9. What is the Black Act? What does Gandhi think of it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A guiding principle from the Gita is undivided singleness of mind.

Part 1) What is meant by undivided singleness of mind? Why is it important to Gandhi?

Part 2) How is this connected to Gandhi's secret to life?

Part 3) How does the use of meditation and mantras support this idea? How does yoga also aid in this?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi inspired revolution in many fields.

Part 1) In what fields did he inspire revolution? How did this occur?

Part 2) Describe these types of revolutions. How are they unique?

Part 3) How are revolutionaries today inspired by Gandhi? How are some the opposite of Gandhi? How does this affect one's view of these revolutionaries, as well as the success of the revolutionaries?

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