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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. Winston Churchill was reviled by the appearance of equality between who and what he termed the half-naked, seditious fakir from India?

2. For how long did Gandhi tour the countryside to bolster his campaign?

3. The killer escaped and became what?

4. What emerged during the meeting?

5. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gandhi learn upon returning to India?

2. What did Gandhi give up at the age of thirty-seven? Why?

3. What is a Yogi?

4. What is contained in Gandhi's first book, HIND SWARAJ or INDIAN HOME RULE?

5. What happened when Gandhi was again arrested and jailed in May?

6. What happened when Gandhi went to Nepal?

7. How was Gandhi's theory regarding the gaining of equality for Indians strengthened?

8. What happened initially when Gandhi got word to England about the treatment of Indians in South Africa?

9. How did Gandhi get the title of Mahatma?

10. How did "Unto This Last" change Gandhi's life forever?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gandhi studies in London.

Part 1) What did he study? Why does he study this? Why did he go to London to study?

Part 2) What lessons does Gandhi really learn during his time in London? How do these lessons affect Gandhi?

Part 3) How important is London throughout Gandhi's life? Why?

Part 4) When have you faced adversity? How did it affect you?

Essay Topic 2

Prejudice is strong in South Africa.

Part 1) Describe prejudice in South Africa. How does it compare to prejudice in other parts of the world at the turn of the century and the twentieth century?

Part 2) Why is prejudice so strong in South Africa? How does this affect Gandhi? How does this affect others in South Africa?

Part 3) What prejudice do you face in your own life? How do you deal with this?

Essay Topic 3

Two incidences change Gandhi forever.

Part 1) What are these two incidences? Why do these incidences so greatly impact Gandhi?

Part 2) How do the world events during Gandhi's life, as a whole, impact him, his philosophy, and his actions?

Part 3) What incidences in your own life have impacted you? Why? How do they compare to incidences in Gandhi's life?

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