Gandhi Movie Part 1

Gandhi Movie Part 1

Multiple Choice

What happens in the opening scene of the movie?

• Gandhi's funeral

• Gandhi's train ride in South Africa

• Gandhi as a young man

• Gandhi's Salt March

Multiple Choice

What was Gandhi's first experience with discrimination in South Africa?

• Being forced to carry a passbook

• Being thrown off a train for sitting in first class

• Being sent to jail for protesting unfair laws

• Being sent back to India

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how Gandhi behaves at the passbook protest?

• He refuses to stop until he his beaten unconscious

• He tries to convince the protesters to be louder

• He is nervous that there are too many police

• He runs away to protect his wife

Multiple Choice

What is Charlie Andrew's occupation?

• Businessman
• teacher
• Clergyman
• doctor

Did you notice how some members of the church walked out of Charlie's sermon?

Why did they leave?

Multiple Choice

What scripture does Gandhi quote when he first meets and walks with Charlie Andrews?

• "Desire is the cause of suffering"

• "Love is patient, love is kind"

• "Know your place and respect your elders"

• "Turn the other cheek"

This would be the foundation of his methods of civil disobedience.

"Turn the other cheek"

Multiple Choice

Why is Kasturba upset about her turn to rake and clean the latrines?

• It is the work of untouchables

• It is a way for the British to humiliate her

• She is allergic to chores

• She is too worried about Gandhi's health

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the communal farm that Gandhi lives on when the reporter interviews him?

• Caste system

• Pretoria

• Ashram

• Commune

He was famous for uniting all kinds of people, regardless of religion or social class.

Multiple Choice

What does General Smuts do when Gandhi is released from jail?

• Calls him a racial slur as he walks out the door

• Offers him a job in the South African military

• Makes his assistant give him money for a cab

• Calls him the bravest man he ever met