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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 Yogananda and Burbank call their magazine?

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

3. What does Mukunda's father want him to become?

4. What does Yogananda say is love?

5. Who feeds Ananadaoyi Ma?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Therese Neumann?

2. Who is Babaji?

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

4. How does Mukenda help his sister Nalini?

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

6. What does Mukunda's new name Yogananda mean?

7. What is Yogananda's opinion of Gandhi?

8. What is the benefit of Kriya Yoga?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Mukunda so obsessed with the Himalayas? In what way has Mukunda's obsession with the Himalayas affected his judgment?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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