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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. With what does Mukunda compare scientific progress?

2. To what does Yukteswar compare Biblical scripture?

3. How many people have gathered for the celebration?

4. What does the person who lifts the Veil of Maya uncover?

5. How old was Lahiri when he met his guru?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mukunda pass his exams in Chapter 23?

2. How does Yukteswar and Yogananda's relationship change in Chapter 42?

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

4. What are Yogananda's feeling on God in Chapter 49?

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

6. How does Luther Burbank help Yogananda?

7. What are Yogananda's ideas on reincarnation at the beginning of Chapter 35?

8. What does Dick Wright experience while in India?

9. Who is Trailanga?

10. What has happened to Yukeswar in Chapter 42?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yogananda talks about things that are specific to Indian culture such as the caste system and sanskrit. Choose one of these cultural references and discuss its relevance to Indian culture in terms of the following.

1) History

2) Identity

3) Spirituality

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

What does self realization mean? Is it purely a Hindu concept? In what way has Mukunda developed through self realization? Is self realization a natural process or one that has to be learned?

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