Unit 3- Story 5

1. Unit 3- Story 5 Gandhi Gandhi

2. Vocabulary Gandhi

3. profound • Deeply moving, intense, overwhelming • An accepted system of belief; statement of belief • A disloyalty to something • A distrust in the system Gandhi

4. A) Deeply moving, intense, overwhelming Gandhi

5. rural • Having to do with the country, bucolic • Having to do with the city, metropolitan • Having to do with automobiles • Having to do with architecture Gandhi

6. A) Having to do with the country, bucolic Gandhi

7. quell • To agree, to give compliments • To suppress or quiet, subdue, defeat • To sing and dance • To ride bikes Gandhi

8. B) To suppress or quiet, subdue, defeat Gandhi

9. fast • To be average • To give in • To not eat, abstain, go on a hunger strike • To be sudden or momentary Gandhi

10. C) To not eat, abstain, go on a hunger strike Gandhi

11. oppressor • A person who frees others or allows freedom • A person or group who forcibly rules over others, tyrant, bully • A person who drives a really fast car • A person who tills the land Gandhi

12. B) A person or group who forcibly rules over others, tyrant, bully Gandhi

13. Comprehension Gandhi

14. 1) What is the author’s purpose in writing Gandhi as a biographical study? • To inform readers about the life and works of a very important man of the world • To inform readers about how he developed his political beliefs through his lifetime • To inform readers about how others follow his works and beliefs of non-violence • All of the above Gandhi

15. D) All of the above Gandhi

16. 2) What is the purpose of the introductory page? • To persuade the reader to be non-violent to solve problems • To inform readers about the legacy of Gandhi • To let the readers understand how influential in history Gandhi was • B and C Gandhi

17. D) B and C Gandhi

18. 3) What country ‘owned’ or rules India at the time of Gandhi’s life? • India • England • America • South Africa Gandhi

19. B) England Gandhi

20. 4) Where was Gandhi born, study law, and get his first job as a lawyer? • England, South Africa, India • India, South Africa, England • South Africa, England, India • India, England, South Africa Gandhi

21. D) India, England, South Africa Gandhi

22. 5) In the beginning of the story, what facts did you learn about the development of Gandhi’s beliefs? • He was discriminated against in S. Africa, did not like it, formed an organization • He was not allowed to study in England and moved • He was not allowed to work in India and moved to England • He was not able to ride the coach Gandhi

23. A) He was discriminated against in S. Africa, did not like it, formed an organization Gandhi

24. 5)How did the journey to Pretoria change Gandhi? • He had to ride in the back of the train • He experienced racial injustice, started to speak more publicly, and wanted to make changes • He wrote newspaper articles • He saw his fellow Indians being discriminated against and felt sorry for them Gandhi

25. B) He experienced racial injustice, started to speak more publicly, and wanted to make changes Gandhi

26. 6) When General Smuts broke his promise, how did Gandhi protest? • He fasted • He led the burning of registration cards • He fasted and burned his registration card • He went to have a sit-down meeting with him Gandhi

27. B) He led the burning of registration cards Gandhi

28. 7) What did Gandhi believe about God? • He didn’t believe in God because he was Hindu • He believed in God and converted to Christianity • He believed that God was the ‘absolute truth’ and should be non-violent, like Him • He had no opinion Gandhi

29. C) He believed that God was the ‘absolute truth’ and should be non-violent, like Him Gandhi

30. 8) Why did the author describe how Gandhi lived when he returned to S. Africa in 1903? • To show that when he was young, he believed heavily in materialistic things • To show that he must make sacrifices in order to be well-off in society • To be entertaining for us to read • 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 Gandhi

31. 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 Gandhi

32. 9)Why did Gandhi read the particular books while in prison? • To persuade us to read the same books and understand what G. wanted in life • To explain how G. and Tolstoy influenced each other’s ideas about life in the perfect community • To explain how G. and Tolstoy met in prison and they each liked their books • To entertain us with interesting facts Gandhi

33. B) To explain how G. and Tolstoy influenced each other’s ideas about life in the perfect community Gandhi

34. 10) Why did Gandhi no longer wear Western clothing or speak in English? • To show that G. was now fully committed to his role as spokesperson for India and not longer identified himself first as British • To show that G. didn’t like the clothes and speaking Indian was easy • To demonstrate how committed he was for keeping things the same • To blend in better in Indian society Gandhi

35. A) To show that G. was now fully committed to his role as spokesperson for India and not longer identified himself first as British Gandhi

36. 11) Why did Gandhi not like the Hindu caste system? • 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 • He believed it was wrong because within in the system people could go up or down within the system • 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 • He thought it was right because within in the system people could go up or down within the system Gandhi

37. 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 Gandhi

38. 12) Why did Gandhi help to recruit Indian soldiers for the British Army? • To show us he was a great warrior • To show that he didn’t care about human life • To show that G. wanted to be on Britain’s side during the war • 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 Gandhi

39. 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 Gandhi

40. 13) How did Gandhi react to any type of violence? • He fasted • He went to war • He stuck back • He ignored it Gandhi

41. A) He fasted Gandhi

42. 14) Why did Gandhi fast? • He was never hungry • It was a form of non-violence • It was a way to get people to feel sorry for him • He wanted more attention Gandhi

43. B) It was a form of non-violence Gandhi

44. 15) What did Gandhi hope to succeed with fasting? • That he was only looking out for himself and didn’t care about his people of India • That he could make major changes for India • That he really wanted save money on buying food • That he was extremely moral and conscientious who blamed himself for the troubles of his people Gandhi

45. D) That he was extremely moral and conscientious who blamed himself for the troubles of his people Gandhi

46. 16) Why did Gandhi travel around the country? • To show that he was very rich and powerful • To show his compassion for his country: to experience the same hardships as his people • To remind his people that he was a great person and was working really hard • To see the sights Gandhi

47. B) To show his compassion for his country: to experience the same hardships as his people Gandhi

48. 17) What was the purpose of the All-India Home Rule? • To have all of India be in charge of England • To achieve independence from the British Empire • To make a great newspaper • To have India independence from S. Africa Gandhi

49. B) To achieve independence from the British Empire Gandhi

50. 18) Why was it illegal for people to ‘make’ their own salt? • Only the ocean can make salt • Only the government could make salt • Only the government could eat salt • Only the ocean could keep the salt Gandhi