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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Liz decides that she wants to be like ____________ when she is old, according to the story.
(a) Rome.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Maria.
(d) Felipe.

2. A medicine man teaches Liz about the balance between delights and ___________ and predicts that he will teach her in the future.
(a) Anger.
(b) Healing.
(c) Love.
(d) Devotion.

3. How long is the walking tour in the city which takes Liz all the way to her favorite spot on the shore opposite the Tiber Island?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

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) Sex.
(c) Power.
(d) History.

5. Rome believes itself to be ____________, which is why it is less competitive than other cities in Europe.
(a) Artistic.
(b) Useless.
(c) Eternal.
(d) Better.

6. Who comes to visit Liz, dragging her around the city and helping her through her breakup grief?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Iva.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Sophie.

7. Italians do not need to be told that they need to take a _________ during the day, according to the story.
(a) Nap.
(b) Break.
(c) Pill.
(d) Hard look at themselves.

8. What does Liz take great joy in buying after she begins to understand what brings her pleasure when she is in Italy?
(a) Ingredients.
(b) Music.
(c) Books.
(d) Plants.

9. The sales clerk tells Liz that she looks like a buffalo ___________ in her new wide pants, according to the story.
(a) Bread.
(b) Patty.
(c) Mozzarella.
(d) Book.

10. What is the event which only adds to the trauma of Liz's divorce situation and the legal battles with her husband?
(a) Liz's mother's death.
(b) A near death experience.
(c) Christmas.
(d) 9/11.

11. Yoga is meant to teach ___________, a state in which one does not have to brood about the past or the future.
(a) Strength.
(b) Self-mastery.
(c) Flexibility.
(d) Chanting.

12. When Liz is in the Ashram for the first time, she tests out her new ___________, "Om Namah Shivaya."
(a) Mantra.
(b) Bitte.
(c) Pledge.
(d) Goal.

13. Where exactly is Liz, the author, at the beginning of the book when she begins to tell her story?
(a) Bali.
(b) New Delhi.
(c) Rome.
(d) New York.

14. What is the work assignment that Liz is meant to do when she is at the Ashram, as a part of her mundane work?
(a) Reading.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Scrubbing temple floors.
(d) Greeting students and visitors.

15. Liz points out that true yogis see everything in nature as ___________ in disguise, according to the writing in this book.
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Truth.
(c) God.
(d) Purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Liz land when she begins her travels in India, according to the writing in this book?

2. Only __________ are conscious of realizing God, as Liz points out in the book has been taught to her.

3. Liz's new lover is _________ over her addiction to him and her despondency about her situation.

4. Because Liz feels ________, she allows the divorce to continue on for months without resolution.

5. What does Liz decide to retire when she finally begins to settle down in Italy with her new friends?

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