Which of the following best characterizes Gandhi's philosophy of satyagraha ("truth force")?
a. Building a base of support in the countryside among peasants from which to launch guerilla attacks on the British
b. Confronting the British Empire nonviolently, choosing to suffer the consequences without surrendering one's ideals
c. Throwing off British rule by any means necessary, and then conquering new lands as the British had done for a new Indian Empire
d. Making India totally and permanently Hindu
Answer: b. Confronting the British Empire nonviolently, choosing to suffer the consequences without surrendering one's ideals
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