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Gandhi 3
profoundA) Deeply moving, intense, overwhelmingB) An accepted system of belief; statement
of beliefC) A disloyalty to somethingD) A distrust in the system
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rural
A) Having to do with the country, bucolicB) Having to do with the city,
metropolitanC) Having to do with automobilesD) Having to do with architecture
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quell
A) To agree, to give complimentsB) To suppress or quiet, subdue, defeatC) To sing and danceD) To ride bikes
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fast
A) To be average B) To give inC) To not eat, abstain, go on a hunger
strikeD) To be sudden or momentary
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oppressor
A) A person who frees others or allows freedom
B) A person or group who forcibly rules over others, tyrant, bully
C) A person who drives a really fast carD) A person who tills the land
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1) What is the author’s purpose in writing Gandhi as a biographical study?
A) To inform readers about the life and works of a very important man of the world
B) To inform readers about how he developed his political beliefs through his lifetime
C) To inform readers about how others follow his works and beliefs of non-violence
D) All of the above
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2) What is the purpose of the introductory page?
A) To persuade the reader to be non-violent to solve problems
B) To inform readers about the legacy of Gandhi
C) To let the readers understand how influential in history Gandhi was
D) B and C
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3) What country ‘owned’ or rules India at the time of Gandhi’s life?
A) IndiaB) EnglandC) AmericaD) South Africa
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4) Where was Gandhi born, study law, and get his first job as a lawyer?
A) England, South Africa, IndiaB) India, South Africa, EnglandC) South Africa, England, IndiaD) India, England, South Africa
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5) In the beginning of the story, what facts did you learn about the development of Gandhi’s beliefs?
A) He was discriminated against in S. Africa, did not like it, formed an organization
B) He was not allowed to study in England and moved
C) He was not allowed to work in India and moved to England
D) He was not able to ride the coach
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5)How did the journey to Pretoria change Gandhi?
A) He had to ride in the back of the trainB) He experienced racial injustice, started to
speak more publicly, and wanted to make changes
C) He wrote newspaper articlesD) He saw his fellow Indians being
discriminated against and felt sorry for them
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B) He experienced racial injustice, started to speak more publicly, and wanted to make changes
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6) When General Smuts broke his promise, how did Gandhi protest?
A) He fastedB) He led the burning of registration
cardsC) He fasted and burned his registration
cardD) He went to have a sit-down meeting
with him
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7) What did Gandhi believe about God?
A) He didn’t believe in God because he was Hindu
B) He believed in God and converted to Christianity
C) He believed that God was the ‘absolute truth’ and should be non-violent, like Him
D) He had no opinion
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8) Why did the author describe how Gandhi lived when he returned to S. Africa in 1903?
A) To show that when he was young, he believed heavily in materialistic things
B) To show that he must make sacrifices in order to be well-off in society
C) To be entertaining for us to readD) To show how even as a young man, G.
decided upon a life or self-sacrifice and service to a greater cause than personal happiness
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D) To show how even as a young man, G. decided upon a life or self-sacrifice and service to a greater cause than personal happiness
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9)Why did Gandhi read the particular books while in prison?
A) To persuade us to read the same books and understand what G. wanted in life
B) To explain how G. and Tolstoy influenced each other’s ideas about life in the perfect community
C) To explain how G. and Tolstoy met in prison and they each liked their books
D) To entertain us with interesting facts
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B) To explain how G. and Tolstoy influenced each other’s ideas about life in the perfect community
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10) Why did Gandhi no longer wear Western clothing or speak in English?
A) To show that G. was now fully committed to his role as spokesperson for India and not longer identified himself first as British
B) To show that G. didn’t like the clothes and speaking Indian was easy
C) To demonstrate how committed he was for keeping things the same
D) To blend in better in Indian society
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A) To show that G. was now fully committed to his role as spokesperson for India and not longer identified himself first as British
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11) Why did Gandhi not like the Hindu caste system?
A) He believed it was wrong because it was a form of discrimination that the Indians oppressed and separated themselves according to their status in society
B) He believed it was wrong because within in the system people could go up or down within the system
C) He thought it was right because it was a form of discrimination that the Indians oppressed and separated themselves according to their status in society
D) He thought it was right because within in the system people could go up or down within the system
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A) He believed it was wrong because it was a form of discrimination that the Indians oppressed and separated themselves according to their status in society
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12) Why did Gandhi help to recruit Indian soldiers for the British Army?
A) To show us he was a great warriorB) To show that he didn’t care about human
lifeC) To show that G. wanted to be on Britain’s
side during the warD) To show that G. still had some faith left in
the British and maybe they will keep their word about freeing India from British rule
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D) To show that G. still had some faith left in the British and maybe they will keep their word about freeing India from British rule
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13) How did Gandhi react to any type of violence?
A) He fastedB) He went to warC) He stuck backD) He ignored it
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14) Why did Gandhi fast?
A) He was never hungryB) It was a form of non-violenceC) It was a way to get people to feel sorry
for himD) He wanted more attention
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15) What did Gandhi hope to succeed with fasting?
A) That he was only looking out for himself and didn’t care about his people of India
B) That he could make major changes for India
C) That he really wanted save money on buying food
D) That he was extremely moral and conscientious who blamed himself for the troubles of his people
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D) That he was extremely moral and conscientious who blamed himself for the troubles of his people
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16) Why did Gandhi travel around the country?
A) To show that he was very rich and powerful
B) To show his compassion for his country: to experience the same hardships as his people
C) To remind his people that he was a great person and was working really hard
D) To see the sights
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17) What was the purpose of the All-India Home Rule?
A) To have all of India be in charge of England
B) To achieve independence from the British Empire
C) To make a great newspaperD) To have India independence from S.
Africa
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18) Why was it illegal for people to ‘make’ their own salt?
A) Only the ocean can make saltB) Only the government could make saltC) Only the government could eat saltD) Only the ocean could keep the salt
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19) How were Gandhi’s and Nehru’s attitude towards WW2 different?
A) G. was more idealist and still believed in his dream of a free India; N. was practical and wanted to negotiate
B) G. wanted to negotiate with the enemy; N. wanted to be a dreamer for peace
C) They were the sameD) The story never told us
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A) G. was more idealist and still believed in his dream of a free India; N. was practical and wanted to negotiate
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20) Why did the author only briefly mention the death of Gandhi’s wife?
A) The author didn’t know her and didn’t want to write about her
B) They never really loved each other and he didn’t care that she died
C) Most of the details in the story deal with the works of G. and his work to free India, not his personal life so much
D) The author didn’t want to waste space in the story about her
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C) Most of the details in the story deal with the works of G. and his work to free India, not his personal life so much
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21) How did Gandhi persuade people to stop the violence?
A) He traveled to many villages and fasted
B) He gave many speechesC) He whipped the villagersD) He ran away
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22) How did Gandhi die?
A) He died of old ageB) He dies from fasting too muchC) He was shot, assassinatedD) He hasn’t died yet
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23) Why is Gandhi remembered by people today?
A) He is a nice personB) He took a stand for social change
through peaceful ways and never changed his ideals
C) He took a stand for the injustices on trains and busses
D) He took a stand for people who fasted for the rights of others