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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mother and Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gandhi's uncle suggest he do?
(a) Go to England to study law.
(b) Go to England to find work.
(c) Go to England to study medicine.
(d) Go to England to study religion.

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

3. Gandhi found himself a solitary apartment and began by doing what?
(a) Modeling himself after a fellow student whose poverty dictated that he cook his own meals and walk instead of paying for transportation.
(b) Decorating it.
(c) Hosting parties.
(d) Looking for a roommate.

4. Who is Patanjali?
(a) The ancient Indian teacher of meditation.
(b) A leader in India.
(c) Gandhi's closest friend.
(d) Gandhi's follower.

5. How many satyagrahis were jailed at this time?
(a) A few.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Addressing the concept of ____________, Gandhi pleaded with the Indians that one cannot participate in such a system without becoming another of its victims and weakening the nation as a whole.

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

3. Gandhi's nurse, Rambha, taught him that the way to eliminate fear was to do what?

4. Gandhi described the process as reducing oneself to zero, which is when?

5. To direct the reader to the means to learning the answer, Nagler points to whom as the perfect man to tell Gandhi's life story?

(see the answer key)

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