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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 Gandhi do when all parties agreed to end the violence in Calcutta?

2. A renewed effort on England's part was borne from what?

3. In what did Jinnah's declaration result?

4. Gandhi addressed the situation in New Delhi. What was this situation?

5. In response to continued unrest and violence, Gandhi embarked on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What positive action took place while Gandhi fasted?

2. How was Gandhi affected when WWII broke out?

3. How did Gandhi feel about the west?

4. Why was the twenty-second of every month important to Gandhi?

5. Describe Gandhi's ashram.

6. What did the Indian Congress do regarding the partition? How did Gandhi react to this?

7. How did Gandhi deal with the violence he saw and heard about?

8. What took place in March of 1946?

9. What happened when the agreement was signed?

10. What happened on August 15, 1947?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gandhi's ashram is called the White House of India.

Part 1) What is an ashram? Describe Gandhi's ashram. Why is it called the White House of India?

Part 2) How do these two places compare? Can his ashram truly be called the White House of India? Why or why not?

Part 3) What does this name imply about the Indian people's feelings towards Gandhi, his followers, and the U.S.?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Gandhi creates satyagraha.

Part 1) What is satyagraha? How is it created? How do his philosophies and beliefs help to create satyagraha?

Part 2) Describe the first time satyagraha is tested. How successful is this test? Why?

Part 3) How can we, as Americans, benefit from satyagraha?

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