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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 can Bhaduri use to create a storm?

2. What does Yukeswar explain to Mukunda?

3. What does the peasant steal?

4. Who does Mukunda's father send him to see?

5. What counteracts the negative pull of the planets?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mukunda's uncle react to Mukunda's request to borrow his servant?

3. What does Mukunda question about the Perfume Saint?

4. What telephatic message does Mukunda receive from Yukeswar in Chapter 19?

5. What happens at he film screening in Chapter 9?

6. Describe Mukunda's early life.

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

8. Describe Mukunda's visit to Banaras.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine music and spirituality. How is music intertwined with spirituality? In what way could Mukunda use music to attract the masses to religion? Is Indian music is more intertwined with spirituality than Western music?

Essay Topic 2

How did Mukunda's mother's death affect his decision to follow a spiritual life? How did the tragedy of his mother's death affect Mukunda in a positive way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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