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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Way of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say about Gandhi as a boy?
(a) He was outgoing and proud.
(b) He was very intelligent.
(c) He was quite remarkable.
(d) He was nothing remarkable.

2. Part of what made Gandhi so very winsome was what?
(a) The extravagant life he led.
(b) His kind personality.
(c) The simplicity and poverty in which he continued to voluntarily live.
(d) His ability to give.

3. He also explained his commitment to truth and non-violence, saying that whatever the penalty for his crime, he was ready to take it, if what?
(a) The jury did not sentence him to death.
(b) The jury would pray for him.
(c) The jury believed he was guilty of breaking the law.
(d) The jury truly believed that their system existed for the good of the people.

4. His discovery inspired him to finding more and more means to do what?
(a) Earn more money.
(b) Take on court cases.
(c) Work on more difficult cases.
(d) Serve.

5. Gandhi described himself as what?
(a) An unusual child.
(b) A typical child with many friends.
(c) A uniquely strong child.
(d) A cowardly child with a rather weak mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mahadev Desai read the words of the Bhagavad Gita describing the man who has let ________________ shape his being and shed all selfish desire to a gathering of followers, Easwaran was astonished to see the words become reality in the person of Mahatma Gandhi.

2. When were Gandhi and Kasturbai married?

3. He made the determination then and there that he would do what?

4. From that moment, Easwaran's lifelong dedication to ______________ took on a new life as he strove to embody the principals of the Bhagavad Gita in the same way he had seen them made real in the person of Gandhi.

5. In order to bring about change in India in particular, the first such system he wanted to address was what?

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