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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. In what language is Babaji fluent?

2. What does Yogananda consider Burbank to be?

3. Giri Bala wants to live by __________.

4. What title do the illiterate masses bestow on Gandhi?

5. What does Giri Bala want to prove?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mukunda want to become a monk?

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

3. Who is Giri Bala?

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

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

6. What is Yogananda's opinion of Gandhi?

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

8. Describe the school Yogananda opens.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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