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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. Prayer meetings featured readings from what?

2. What does the author say is Gandhi's message?

3. He cared for the sick in the ashram, and filled every interaction with what?

4. Who is Patanjali?

5. Easwaran explains that Gandhi was quoting what from Hindu scripture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Sri Krishna, what does the wise person's love for the Lord of Love do?

3. What happens when Gandhi reduced himself to zero?

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

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

6. Who came to see Gandhi? Why did they come to see him?

7. On what was Gandhi focused? What do the people who gravitated to Gandhi reveal about him?

8. What is meant by detachment?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One must learn to eliminate fear.

Part 1) Why must one learn to eliminate fear? How does Gandhi recommend doing this?

Part 2) How is this elimination of fear related to the major religions Gandhi studies?

Part 3) How does a person with no fear compare to one with fear? Do you believe this fearless person is better? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

A train trip departing from Maritzburg, South Africa was transformative for Gandhi.

Part 1) How was it transformative? Why was he transformed in this way?

Part 2) When did he act upon this transformation? Why did he act upon it at this point?

Part 3) How might you have reacted to this experience? Why?

Essay Topic 3

In South Africa, Gandhi's attitude toward law changed.

Part 1) What was Gandhi doing in South Africa? How was his attitude changed regarding law?

Part 2) How did the discovery about law change other aspects of Gandhi's life? Why?

Part 3) How did his experiences in England prepare him for this change in South Africa? How did this change guide him down a new path?

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