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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the first chapter, Easwaran describes the contrast between Gandhi as a youth to what?

3. The remarkable thing about humanity, he says, is not its ability to shape our world, but ______________________.

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

5. Finding himself happier and healthier for the change, Gandhi shifted his attention to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Easwaran describe in the first chapter?

3. How does Easwaran open this chapter?

4. What does Gandhi's uncle do for him after high school?

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

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

7. How is Gandhi irresistible to followers?

8. How was Imperialism put on trial?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The principles used in Self-Satyagraha can be used in regards to various individuals.

Part 1) What principles can be used to keep harmony in a relationship and family? How do these relationships benefit from these principles?

Part 2) How can these principles then be used in ever larger groups? How might society as we know it change is satyagrahas took place?

Part 3) How can satyagraha take place in your school community? What can you do to encourage the following of these principles? How would this change the school environment? Why would this environment be changed?

Essay Topic 2

Gandhi inspired revolution in many fields.

Part 1) In what fields did he inspire revolution? How did this occur?

Part 2) Describe these types of revolutions. How are they unique?

Part 3) How are revolutionaries today inspired by Gandhi? How are some the opposite of Gandhi? How does this affect one's view of these revolutionaries, as well as the success of the revolutionaries?

Essay Topic 3

In South Africa, Gandhi's attitude toward law changed.

Part 1) What was Gandhi doing in South Africa? How was his attitude changed regarding law?

Part 2) How did the discovery about law change other aspects of Gandhi's life? Why?

Part 3) How did his experiences in England prepare him for this change in South Africa? How did this change guide him down a new path?

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