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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. Easwaran explains that these verses describe what?

2. He was so intimately involved and concerned with the intimate details of the worlds of the people who surrounded him that what happened?

3. When he was speaking against the violence between the Hindu and Muslims living in India, a young man came out of the crowd and greeted him with his hands at his heart before he did what?

4. What is the key to transformation of character and consciousness?

5. Why did Gandhi experiment with variations on vegetarian dishes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do most people see life?

2. What happens when Gandhi reduced himself to zero?

3. Besides detachment, what is another guiding principle from the Gita?

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

5. How does detachment help Gandhi?

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

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

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

9. What analogy does Rambha give?

10. What would happen that reveals how Gandhi was revered?

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

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 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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