Gandhi, the Man Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Eknath Easwaran
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 143 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gandhi, the Man Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Eknath Easwaran
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Upon his return from his service to the British and witnessing the Zulu Rebellion, he discovered what about the Transvaal government?
(a) They had proposed the Black Act.
(b) They were fairly kind to the Indian population.
(c) They had created the Jim Crow Laws.
(d) They had proposed the White Act.

3. When a British passenger discovered him there, what did he demand that Gandhi do?
(a) Stand up.
(b) Go to the back of the car.
(c) Get off the train.
(d) Move to third class.

4. What does this type of revolution mean?
(a) Holding fast to truth.
(b) Do what needs to be done.
(c) Listen to yourself.
(d) Forget the truth.

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

6. How many years from that day did Gandhi's determination blossom into inspiration to organize his first mass non-violent resistance?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Thirteen.

7. Throughout these years of satyagraha in India, he continued to make friends and gain followers including who?
(a) The leaders of many nations.
(b) The wealthy and privileged Jawaharlal Nehru.
(c) The British leaders.
(d) The poor.

8. Perhaps one of his most potent moments on the world stage came when what happened?
(a) He was taunted for inciting sedition.
(b) He was finally arrested for inciting sedition.
(c) His followers left him to be arrested for inciting sedition.
(d) His followers were arrested for inciting sedition.

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

10. Nagler cites all of the fields in which Gandhi inspired revolution, including economics, politics, philosophy and the science and art of _________.
(a) Living a life of solitude.
(b) Living quietly.
(c) Living frugally.
(d) Living healthfully.

11. When his rebellion brought Gandhi into the presence of the leader of the Transvaal government himself, what did Gandhi do?
(a) He stayed silent.
(b) He mocked the leader.
(c) He told him clearly what he was doing and why.
(d) He lied to the leader.

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

13. 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.

14. The police reaction to the Indian response was what?
(a) Minor.
(b) Instant and violent.
(c) Weak.
(d) Peaceful.

15. 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) Family.
(c) Selflessness and grace.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leaving Kasturbai again, this time with two sons, Gandhi left for South Africa in the hopes of what?

2. Following a period of complete submission to all of the nuances of English dress and society, Gandhi concluded that the practice was doing what to him?

3. He instructed a group of Indians to gather in Johannesburg and determined that the most effective course would be for the whole Indian population simply to do what?

4. Gandhi took this trip when he was in his ________________ year there in service to Dada Abdulla, and was riding in a first class compartment.

5. Easwaran quotes an excerpt from a letter Gandhi wrote to an English follower saying that those who do not see how politics and religion are related to one another do not understand what?

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