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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what does Liz feel overcome when she is around Roman men, according to the story?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Lust.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Anger.

2. Liz calls her mind a __________ mind as it tends to swing back and forth between ideas and emotions.
(a) Child's.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Bird.
(d) Neanderthal.

3. Because Liz feels ________, she allows the divorce to continue on for months without resolution.
(a) Guilty.
(b) Doubtful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Loved.

4. Julio decides there is one word which can describe the cities in Italy and in the world. What word is associated with Rome?
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Sex.
(d) History.

5. Who introduces Liz to an Indian Guru when she is in her fragile state and is unable to deal well with the world?
(a) Iva.
(b) David.
(c) Claude.
(d) Giovanni.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God say to Liz when she writes down that she does not believe in him?

2. When Liz is in the Ashram for the first time, she tests out her new ___________, "Om Namah Shivaya."

3. What is the event which only adds to the trauma of Liz's divorce situation and the legal battles with her husband?

4. Italians do not need to be told that they need to take a _________ during the day, according to the story.

5. What does Liz release when she gets the 'answer' from God in her notebook as she is in Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Rome compete with the other cities in the European Union, according to Liz?

2. Why is the guru not in residence in the Ashram where Liz is staying, according to her explanation?

3. What is the prayer that Liz offers up when she is walking away from Giovanni at the start of the book?

4. What happens when Liz decides to pray to God for the first time during that dark period of her life?

5. Why does Liz's guru suggest that she use mantras in her life and in her daily practice?

6. What happens when the Lazio team doesn't win the soccer match that Liz and Lucca attend?

7. What does Liz do when she is in the midst of her divorce, in order to make herself feel better about her life?

8. Why doesn't Liz decide to cry when she is feeling despondent about her inability to transform herself?

9. What does Liz do as a result of going to a Hindu meditation group at the suggestion of David?

10. What is happening when Liz arrives at the Ashram on New Year's Eve, in which she joins?

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