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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. He also explained his commitment to truth and non-violence, saying that whatever the penalty for his crime, he was ready to take it, if what?
(a) The jury truly believed that their system existed for the good of the people.
(b) The jury did not sentence him to death.
(c) The jury would pray for him.
(d) The jury believed he was guilty of breaking the law.

2. Part of what made Gandhi so very winsome was what?
(a) The simplicity and poverty in which he continued to voluntarily live.
(b) His ability to give.
(c) The extravagant life he led.
(d) His kind personality.

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

4. What is the only universal thing?
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sevagram?

2. When were Gandhi and Kasturbai married?

3. 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?

4. How many years from that day did Gandhi's determination blossom into inspiration to organize his first mass non-violent resistance?

5. Gandhi met with Lord Irwin to negotiate, and made a point of taking a tiny bag of salt from his cloak and told the viceroy that he would drink his tea with salt in remembrance of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Imperialism put on trial?

2. What was different about Gandhi's behavior compared to other men in his position?

3. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

4. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

5. How does Gandhi go about changing India?

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

7. How does Gandhi deal with the Black Act?

8. What does Gandhi call the new form of resistance? What does it mean?

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

10. How did Gandhi feel about English customs? What did he do with these feelings?

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