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Quiz by Jerry Rift, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jerry Rift
over 9 years ago
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Question 1
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How many siblings did Gandhi have?
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He was an only child.
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He had a brother.
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He had three siblings.
Question 2
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What was Gandhi like at school?
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He was shy and had problems as a student.
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He was sociable and made friends easily.
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He had no problems learning things quickly.
Question 3
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Who was Shravan Kumar?
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He was Gandhi's childhood hero.
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She was Gandhi's wife.
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He was Gandhi's friend who coaxed him into eating meat.
Question 4
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How old was Gandhi when he got married?
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He was 13 years old.
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He was 18 years old.
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He was 21 years old.
Question 5
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What was the letter that Gandhi gave to his father about?
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It was a confession about his smoking and stealing.
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It was a confession about eating meat.
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It expressed how much he loved him.
Question 6
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When did Gandhi's father die?
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Before Gandhi finished college.
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After Gandhi finished college.
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After Gandhi returned to India from England.
Question 7
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In what ways did Gandhi initially try to imitate the English?
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In dress and habits.
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In dietary habits.
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In their sense of humor.
Question 8
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Why was Gandhi nervous about practicing law in India?
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He didn't know much about Indian law.
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He wasn't a very good speaker.
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He hadn't learnt much at law school in England.
Question 9
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In what country can you find the city of Durban?
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In South Africa.
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In England.
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In India.
Question 10
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After suffering from abuse in Durban, what did Gandhi do?
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He stayed for 20 years and fought the British rule.
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He caught the first ship back to India.
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He retreated to an ashram.
Question 11
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What is an ashram?
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A place where Hindus who wish to live away from society live together as a group.
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A place where Hindus who opposed British law were sent to work in the fields.
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A place where Hindus burnt refuse and dead animals.
Question 12
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What does Mahatma mean?
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A holy person or saint.
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Father of the Nation.
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It was Gandhi's first name.
Question 13
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What would Gandhi do whenever people used violent means of protest?
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He would fast for many days, praying.
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He would go on a pilgrimage along India's seacoast.
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He would visit old friends and family while things cooled down.
Question 14
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What did Gandhi teach people about cleanliness?
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That cleanliness was as important as prayer.
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That people would never get along unless they were clean and presentable.
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That dirty clothes should be burnt, especially if they were foreign.
Question 15
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Why did Gandhi march for 241 miles?
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To defy the British law against making salt.
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He had never visited the city of Dandi and the trains had been stopped by the British.
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He was on a spiritual journey to find more about truth.
Question 16
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Why was Pakistan created?
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Because of religious hatred between Muslims and Hindus.
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So that the English could live there after being forced out of India.
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An earthquake broke the land into two different regions.
Question 17
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Gandhi was affectionately known as Bapu. What does it mean?
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Father.
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Savior.
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Saint.
Question 18
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Why was Gandhi killed?
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Because some people didn't approve of Gandhi's love of Hindus and Muslims alike.
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Because some people thought Gandhi had helped Muslims more than he helped Hindus.
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Because some people were offended that Gandhi hadn't been at the Independence celebrations.
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