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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 do the papers on the ground contain?

2. What can Bhaduri use to create a storm?

3. What does Yukeswar ask Sasi to obtain?

4. Who has brought ancient disciplines into disrepute?

5. What does Ananta think Mukunda should put first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discoveries does Mukunda claim Yukeswar made?

2. What realization does Mukunda come to in Chapter 13?

3. How does Yukeswar reward Mukunda in Chapter 15?

4. How does Mukunda's father respond to his disappearance?

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

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

7. What advice does Bhaduri offer Mukunda in this chapter?

8. How does Gopal rid Mukunda ofhis obsession for the Himalayas?

9. In what way is Mukunda's character changing in Chapter 11?

10. What does the wandering sage teach Mukunda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound affect on Mukunda's beliefs and how did they change him? What does Mukunda still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

In the book, Mukunda almost dies of cholera. How does the illness change Mukunda and in what way could it be seen as important to his spiritual growth?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Yogananda use character and setting to express these themes?

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