Gandhi Film Study Part One

What is Charlie Andrew's occupation?

• Businessman
• teacher
• Clergyman
• doctor

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

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

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

• Caste system

• Pretoria

• Ashram

• Commune

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

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"

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

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