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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forward/The Transformation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Having made a dismal performance in high school, what did Gandhi need?
(a) A new direction.
(b) New guidance.
(c) A second chance at high school.
(d) A job.

3. How does Gandhi plan on taking the lessons from the failures of his past?
(a) To not run from failure again.
(b) To stay away from anything that could cause failure.
(c) Be proud of his accomplishments and to forget his failures.
(d) To think of his family first.

4. 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.
(a) Peace and hope.
(b) Selflessness and grace.
(c) Family.
(d) God.

5. Nagler points to Gandhi's very inauspicious beginnings as an underachieving student with ____________________.
(a) A bad home life.
(b) Many friends.
(c) A bad temper.
(d) A many ailments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through a connection of his brother's, Gandhi was given a ____________ contract with a Muslim firm in South Africa to work what he thought would be a clerical position well below the dignity of his education.

2. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.

3. Applying the same self-discipline he learned in London, Gandhi applied his independent knowledge of bookkeeping to the accounts in question and became what?

4. What is Sevagram?

5. Nagler cites all of the fields in which Gandhi inspired revolution, including economics, politics, philosophy and the science and art of _________.

(see the answer key)

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