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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Nonviolence Works.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The idea was detachment from the result of one's actions, so that one's focus is on what?
(a) God.
(b) One's needs.
(c) The spirit of his actions.
(d) Others.

2. How successful was Gandhi in Bombay?
(a) He did not practice law in Bombay.
(b) Somewhat successful.
(c) Very successful.
(d) Not very successful.

3. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?
(a) Other students Gandhi's age.
(b) Gandhi as the world-changing figure he was to become.
(c) Gandhi's wife.
(d) Gandhi's parents.

4. Easwaran opens the chapter entitled Mother and Child by asking the question of how such a personal evolution could have come about, and how the evolution of a single person could effect what?
(a) Such a minor political and interpersonal change.
(b) Such sweeping political change.
(c) Such sweeping political and interpersonal change.
(d) Such sweeping interpersonal change.

5. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.
(a) Out world's ability to shape humanity.
(b) God's ability to shape humanity.
(c) Its ability to be shaped by others.
(d) The capacity in each individual to reshape himself according to the highest ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon his return from his service to the British and witnessing the Zulu Rebellion, he discovered what about the Transvaal government?

2. When did Gandhi meditate?

3. Even ______________ was Gandhi embodying the spirit of compassion and forgiveness for which he had come to be known.

4. ________________ with problems of policy were welcomed to come and ask Gandhi for his advice.

5. How did Gandhi want to live his life, regarding children?

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