Study Questions

1. What was Gandhi’s resolution after the incident on the train to Pretoria?

2. What was his first act to help the Indian community in Pretoria?

3. Why did Gandhi reject conversion to Christianity?

4. What was the result of the legal case that Gandhi was party to in South Africa?

5. What was the "key" to Gandhi’s politics in South Africa?

6. What was Gandhi’s attitude toward public service (nursing)?

7. What was the reaction by the white population to Gandhi’s return to Natal, South Africa? What was Gandhi’s reaction?

8. What was Gandhi’s idea of "self-help"?

9. What did Gandhi think of wealth and power? Of personal possessions?

1. What was Gandhi’s preferred tactic to advance the "true interests" of India?

2. What did Gandhi say citizens who live under unjust governments must do?

3. What was Gandhi’s solution to education and legal systems under unjust governments? To the problem of the British Secret Service?

4. What was Gandhi’s attitude toward violence?

5. What does Gandhi say is the reason 100,000 British rule 315 million in India?

6. What did Gandhi advocate in regard to foreign clothing?