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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sri Krishna calls it the ______________ that inspires selfish possession, and says they are free who have escaped it, united with the Lord of Love and assured immortality.
(a) Ego-cage.
(b) Sin of man.
(c) Devil.
(d) Selfish ego.

2. Indeed one of the things that was most remarkable to Easwaran, and to Louis Fischer, the American journalist who followed Gandhi's campaigns in India for many years, was how what?
(a) How not private Gandhi was.
(b) How private Gandhi was.
(c) How much privacy Gandhi needed.
(d) How little privacy Gandhi received.

3. Gandhi saw that Kasturbai was already living what he was studying, and began to do what?
(a) Have her lead.
(b) Feel guilty for not being more like her.
(c) Become envious of her.
(d) Emulate her example.

4. At Sevagram, people were so drawn to him, that what happened?
(a) People argued over who got to sit by him.
(b) Gandhi feared for his life.
(c) Gandhi had to leave, due to the large crowds.
(d) There sprouted up a bustling community.

5. 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.

6. Was Gandhi burdened by worry about what was to come?
(a) Yes, somewhat.
(b) Yes, very much.
(c) Yes, at times.
(d) No.

7. A united mind is the only mind that is able to meditate and do what?
(a) Understand others.
(b) Love others fully.
(c) Find peace and exercise judgment.
(d) Find joy and peace.

8. When one's love is deep enough, Sri Krishna explains to the eager Arjuna, selfish attachment, insecurity, fear and despair will do what?
(a) Be diminished.
(b) Start to disappear.
(c) Grow stronger at first, and then fall away.
(d) Fall away.

9. People came burdened and overwhelmed with their troubles, and left how?
(a) Laughing and lighthearted.
(b) With new ideas and beliefs.
(c) Less burdens and troubles.
(d) With new burdens and troubles.

10. Gandhi called the Bhagavad Gita what?
(a) His father.
(b) His God.
(c) His family.
(d) His mother.

11. He was so intimately involved and concerned with the intimate details of the worlds of the people who surrounded him that what happened?
(a) He was unable to keep track of the details.
(b) Not a single detail escaped his notice.
(c) He became overwhelmed.
(d) He could not help everyone.

12. The people who gravitated to Gandhi are testament to what?
(a) The need of the Indian people.
(b) His success.
(c) The desire for peace around the world.
(d) The unhappiness of others.

13. What did Gandhi keep no matter the situation?
(a) The peace.
(b) His wife close by.
(c) His good humor and wisdom.
(d) His calm demeanor.

14. Prayer meetings featured readings from what?
(a) All three major scriptures.
(b) The Hindu scriptures.
(c) The Christian scriptures.
(d) The Muslim scriptures.

15. What endeavor is the source of Gandhi's joy and strength?
(a) Meditating on his mantra.
(b) Caring for his family.
(c) Translating the truths of the Bhagavad Gita into his daily life.
(d) Helping others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Easwaran explains that Gandhi was quoting what from Hindu scripture?

2. 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?

3. Kasturbai kept her faith in her husband's character even when what happened?

4. The answer to number 84 creates the mask that people call their personalities and hides what?

5. That detachment was what allowed Gandhi to move with what?

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