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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 20 and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The leaders of the untouchables or Harijans immediately met with whom?
(a) Muslim leaders.
(b) Indian leaders.
(c) British leaders.
(d) Hindu leaders.

2. For Gandhi, what was Bramacharya?
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) Celibacy.
(c) The giving up of shelter.
(d) The giving up of marriage.

3. Winston Churchill was reviled by the appearance of equality between who and what he termed the half-naked, seditious fakir from India?
(a) The British people.
(b) The Hindus.
(c) The Indian people.
(d) The Prime Minister.

4. To achieve success in South Africa, Gandhi's most effective tool was a unique creation of his own called what?
(a) Swadeshi.
(b) Duragraha.
(c) Ahimsa.
(d) Satyagraha.

5. Like his mother, Gandhi took to what frequently?
(a) Singing.
(b) Meditating.
(c) Praying.
(d) Fasting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi encouraged the Indians to do what around Transvaal, the city forbidden to unregistered Indians?

2. Gandhi bought a large farm in _____________, where learning to live the austere life of self-control occupied him.

3. On what day of the fast, was an agreement reached which Gandhi approved?

4. What did the Indians do with the registrations they had filled out?

5. A short time after the incident on the train, Gandhi gave his first major speech at a meeting of the Indians of Pretoria. What was the subject of the meeting?

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