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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. Addressing the concept of ____________, Gandhi pleaded with the Indians that one cannot participate in such a system without becoming another of its victims and weakening the nation as a whole.

2. ________________ itself was on trial as Gandhi told about how the streets were filled with the starving and sick who became poorer and poorer while the British got rich from the labor of the Indians.

3. Michael N. Nagler of the University of California, Berkley provides the forward for the book, and opens by asking the reader what?

4. When were Gandhi and Kasturbai married?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

2. How does Gandhi deal with the Black Act?

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

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

5. What intervened in Gandhi's life after graduation and his return to India?

6. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

7. What requires courage regarding this movement against the Black Act?

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

9. What does Easwaran describe in the first chapter?

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

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 2

Gandhi saw a link between violence and cowardice.

Part 1) Describe this link. What link exists with those who are non-violent? Why? How can Gandhi prove this?

Part 2) Would you agree with the connections Gandhi makes? Why or why not?

Part 3) How are Gandhi's beliefs supported by his religious research? What other historical figures can be used to support these connections made by Gandhi?

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi studied law in England.

Part 1) Why did he study law in England? How did he change as a result of this experience?

Part 2) What else did Gandhi study while in England? Why does he study this? What does this reveal about Gandhi?

Part 3) How did this time in England prepare him for his future endeavors?

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