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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When followers stopped asking questions, Gandhi would focus on what?
(a) His own thoughts.
(b) Raising questions.
(c) His future plans.
(d) Making children laugh.
2. At Sevagram, people were so drawn to him, that what happened?
(a) Gandhi had to leave, due to the large crowds.
(b) Gandhi feared for his life.
(c) There sprouted up a bustling community.
(d) People argued over who got to sit by him.
3. The people who gravitated to Gandhi are testament to what?
(a) The desire for peace around the world.
(b) His success.
(c) The need of the Indian people.
(d) The unhappiness of others.
4. Easwaran explains that most people see life in terms of what?
(a) People want.
(b) People have and do not have.
(c) People have, like, desire, and fear.
(d) People fear.
5. On what does one who loves the Lord of Love focus?
(a) Giving love to others.
(b) Living in the spirit of love.
(c) How to love oneself.
(d) Where to find love.
6. What does one become when one meditates?
(a) Happy.
(b) What he meditates on.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Fearless.
7. Kasturbai maintained a standard Gandhi could live up to and never doing what?
(a) Retaliating when he behaved unfairly.
(b) Telling him when he acted unfairly.
(c) Believing he acted unfairly.
(d) Leaving his side.
8. How did Gandhi feel about meditation?
(a) Tired and unsure.
(b) Content.
(c) Energized and invigorated.
(d) Confident and content.
9. What was the source of the inspiration to which Gandhi clung?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Koran.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Gita.
10. In addition to detachment, what was a guiding principle from the Gita to which Gandhi aspired?
(a) Love for others.
(b) A calm mind.
(c) Undivided singleness of mind.
(d) Love for the God of Love.
11. How does Easwaran close this chapter?
(a) With a prayer.
(b) With a few more quotes from Gandhi.
(c) Words from the Gita.
(d) With a letter from Kasturbai.
12. That detachment was what allowed Gandhi to move with what?
(a) Such energy.
(b) Such happiness.
(c) Such purpose.
(d) Such peace.
13. Describe Gandhi's evening walks.
(a) They were slow and peaceful.
(b) They were a parade of adoring community members.
(c) They were a time for him to be with his wife and children.
(d) They were quiet.
14. His ashram family, however, the ones who came to be called his _____________________ were the ones who knew best the man Gandhi was in his daily life.
(a) Ashram life.
(b) Ashram herd.
(c) Ashram menagerie.
(d) Ashram crew.
15. What did Gandhi keep no matter the situation?
(a) The peace.
(b) His good humor and wisdom.
(c) His wife close by.
(d) His calm demeanor.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Gandhi call the secret to the art of living?
2. What does the author say is Gandhi's message?
3. What endeavor is the source of Gandhi's joy and strength?
4. His daily chores were always done in the company of others, his meals were a time of what?
5. What is the key to transformation of character and consciousness?
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