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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From that moment, Easwaran's lifelong dedication to ______________ took on a new life as he strove to embody the principals of the Bhagavad Gita in the same way he had seen them made real in the person of Gandhi.
(a) His family.
(b) Peaceful living.
(c) Love.
(d) Meditation.

2. Finding himself happier and healthier for the change, Gandhi shifted his attention to what?
(a) Studying religion.
(b) Looking for a new wife.
(c) Understanding British culture.
(d) His diet.

3. He was such an irresistible fund-raiser for the oppressed in India that even who gave him money for his cause?
(a) The poor.
(b) Non-Indians.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) Children.

4. Leaving Kasturbai again, this time with two sons, Gandhi left for South Africa in the hopes of what?
(a) Forgetting about his family.
(b) Earning a better living.
(c) Making a new life for himself.
(d) Gaining some experience.

5. Weeks of more protest followed, as did hundreds more arrests, culminating at last with what?
(a) Gandhi's arrest.
(b) Kasturbai's arrest.
(c) The end to the protest.
(d) Gandhi's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a man does everything in worship, Easwaran explains, everywhere he goes is what?

2. What manifested itself in proud and oppressive rule over Katurbai until her tender and forgiving example made her one of his most effective teachers?

3. Where did Gandhi first attempt to practice law?

4. 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?

5. The position was as Dada Abdulla's lawyer and a role as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What intervened in Gandhi's life after graduation and his return to India?

2. What is the Black Act? What does Gandhi think of it?

3. What does Easwaran describe in the first chapter?

4. How does Gandhi deal with the Black Act?

5. What is one of the most potent moments in Gandhi's life?

6. What happens when Gandhi meets the leader of the Transvaal government?

7. What requires courage regarding this movement against the Black Act?

8. How did Gandhi come to be married to Kasturbai?

9. What is Gandhi's reputation at this time in South Africa? Why?

10. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

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