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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ananta think Mukunda should put first?

2. Where does Yukteswar live?

3. In what part of India was Mukunda born?

4. What does the doctor refuse to wear?

5. What does the sagu say is complex?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yukeswar reward Mukunda in Chapter 15?

2. What is Bhaduri's gift?

3. What does Mukunda question about the Perfume Saint?

4. How does Mukunda react to having to leave his home?

5. Describe the three stories Yukteswar tells in Chapter 11

6. What does Antanta challenge Mukunda to do in this chapter?

7. What does the wandering sage teach Mukunda?

8. What happens when Mayasaya taps Mukunda on the chest?

9. How does Mukunda cope with his mother's death?

10. How does Mukunda's family react to his return?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the stories Yogananda tells through the book.

1) Are the stories more symbolic than than they are true?

2) Choose one of the stories and discuss its meaning in relation to Yogananda's teachings.

Essay Topic 2

The book looks at such influential people as Gandhi. Choose one of the famous people Yogananda meets and examine his/her influence on world culture.

1) What were the beliefs and what influence have they had?

2) In what way were the ideas similar to Yogananda's?

Essay Topic 3

What events in Mukunda's early life influenced his decision to lead a spiritual life?How different do the students think Mukunda's life would have been if he were from a poor family?

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