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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 the swami ask Gandhi at Gurukul?

2. What happens when Gandhi returns to the ashram after his work in Kheda?

3. Why is Kallenbach unable to accompany Gandhi to India?

4. Who does Gandhi encourage to get married?

5. Why does Gandhi and his group travel to Gurukul?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is known as Gandhi's Himalayan miscalculation?

2. What is the tinkathia system and what happens when Gandhi's group opposes it?

3. What happens when Gandhi and his group oppose the Rowlatt Bill?

4. What is Gandhi's rationale for assisting the British During World War I?

5. What is Gandhi's position on the Khilafat question?

6. What cause does Gandhi undertake after he returns to India following a ten-year absence?

7. What happens when Gandhi attends a war conference?

8. What happens as a result of the black plague outbreak in the Indian district in Johannesburg?

9. Why does Gandhi think it is unnecessary to write further about his life?

10. What are Gandhi's actions during the mill strike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gandhi once said, "men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint." Do you see Gandhi exemplifying this quote in My Experiments with Truth? Why or why not? Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Why did Gandhi consider brahmacharya, vegetarianism, and abstaining from alcohol or tobacco essential to serving humanity? Why did Gandhi choose to express his religious practices publicly instead of focusing inward on religious growth? Cite specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi made a tremendous personal transformation throughout the book. Please describe that transformation, and explain what the key influences or pivotal events were which impacted Gandhi during that transformation? Cite examples from the book.

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