Introduction to Gandhi

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1. Where was Gandhi born?

a. South Africab. England

c. India

England

South Africa

India

Look at the first sentence in the Introduction:

•Gandhi was an ordinary boy from an ordinary Hindu family in India.

1. Where was Gandhi born?

a. South Africab. England

c. India

2. Where did Gandhi study law?

a. South Africab. England

c. India

Look at the third sentence in the Introduction:

•He studied law at a college in England.

2. Where did Gandhi study law?

a. South Africab. England

c. India

3. Where did Gandhi get his first job?

a. South Africab. England

c. India

Look at the first sentence in the second paragraph:

•His first job took him to South Africa.

3. Where did Gandhi get his first job?

a. South Africab. England

c. India

4. What was the religion of Gandhi’s family?

a. Muslimb. Hindu

c. Christian

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Look at the the first sentence in the Introduction:

•Gandhi was an ordinary boy from an ordinary Hindu family in India.

4. What was the religion of Gandhi’s family?

a. Muslimb. Hindu

c. Christian

5. Where did Gandhi start to fight for the rights of Indians?

a. Englandb. India

c. South Africa

Look at the second paragraph:

• First sentence: His first job took him to South Africa.

(This paragraph is about Gandhi in South Africa.)• Last sentence: He started to fight for

the rights of Indians.

5. Where did Gandhi start to fight for the rights of Indians?

a. Englandb. India

c. South Africa

6. Why did Gandhi go to England?

a. to find a jobb. to study law

c. to get married

Look at the third sentence in the first paragraph:

•He studied law at a college in England.

6. Why did Gandhi go to England?

a. to find a jobb. to study law

c. to get married

7. When did Gandhi return to India?

a. 1915b. 24c. 46

Look at the second sentence in the third paragraph:

•He came back to India in 1915 in simple, white Indian clothes.

7. When did Gandhi return to India?

a. 1915b. 24c. 46

8. How old was Gandhi when he returned to India?

a. 1915b. 46c. 24

Look at the first sentence in Chapter 1:

•Mohandes Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar, in the west of India.

Look at the second sentence in the third paragraph of the Introduction:

He came back to India in 1915 in simple, white Indian clothes.

1915 – 1869 = 46

8. How old was Gandhi when he returned to India?

a. 1915b. 46c. 24

9. What kind of clothes did Gandhi wear when he went to England?

a. South African clothesb. European clothes

c. Indian clothes

Look at the first sentence in the third paragraph:

•When Gandhi left India in 1893, he wore European clothes.

9. What kind of clothes did Gandhi wear when he went to England?

a. South African clothesb. European clothes

c. Indian clothes

10. Why did Gandhi wear simple, white Indian clothes when he

returned to India?

a. Because he wanted to show his people a simple, holy way of life.b. Because he was a world leader.c. Because he was poor and could not buy expensive clothes.

Look at the last sentence in the fourth paragraph:

•He showed them a simple, holy way of life.

We can guess that the simple white clothes are connected to Gandhi’s simple, holy way of life.

10. Why did Gandhi wear simple, white Indian clothes when he

returned to India?

a. Because he wanted to show his people a simple, holy way of life.b. Because he was a world leader.c. Because he was poor and could not buy expensive clothes.

11. How long did Gandhi fight for India's independence from Great

Britain?

a. 22 yearsb. more than 30 years

c. a thousand years

Look at the first and second sentences in the fourth paragraph:

• In India, Gandhi started to fight for independence from Britain. It took more than thirty years.

11. How long did Gandhi fight for India's independence from Great

Britain?

a. 22 yearsb. more than 30 years

c. a thousand years

12. Nehru said, "in a thousand years, people will see that light … It is the light of truth."What did Nehru mean by "the light of truth"?

a. The independence of India from Great Britain

b. The British Empirec. Gandhi's ideas about nonviolent protest

“Truth” is a kind of idea.

It is not a political event like the independence of India from Britain.

It is not a place like British Empire.

12. Nehru said, "in a thousand years, people will see that light … It is the light of truth."What did Nehru mean by "the light of truth"?

a. The independence of India from Great Britainb. The British Empirec. Gandhi's ideas about nonviolent protest