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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. To what does Yukteswar compare Biblical scripture?

2. What is the name of the statue that comes to life?

3. Who tells Mukunda that Ananta will die?

4. In what year was Lahiri born?

5. What is God's only sport?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Babaji?

2. How does Mukenda help his sister Nalini?

3. How is Satish's life transformed in Chapter 22?

4. Who is Therese Neumann?

5. Summarize Yogananda's thoughts in the final chapter.

6. Why does Yogananda use Christianity to support his beliefs?

7. Summarize Yogananda's physic ideas in Chapter 30.

8. What lesson does Yogananda learn in Chapter 26?

9. How does Yogananda compare cinema to God's staging of life in Chapter 30?

10. Why does Bala not eat food?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine Yogananda's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Yogananda's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

What is Kriya Yoga and how is it different from normal yoga? Why do Mukunda and his guru seem to put Kriya Yoga above other forms of Yoga?

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