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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Liz ship to herself from New York, which causes her to see the differences in how people perceive troubles?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Books.
(d) Money.

2. The ___________ process of being at an Ashram discourages anyone whose life problems might distract others.
(a) Payment.
(b) Interview.
(c) Application.
(d) Travel.

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

4. Liz also begins to attend a _________ meditation group where she learns more about the guru to whom she is introduced.
(a) Hindu.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Animism.
(d) Buddhist.

5. What is the Sanskrit word for union, according to the writing in this book?
(a) Truth.
(b) Honor.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Yoga.

6. What is the time at which the students at the Ashram are expected to rise in the morning?
(a) 4:00 AM.
(b) 3:00 AM.
(c) 6:00 AM.
(d) 5:00 AM.

7. One must be open to ____________, writes Liz, when she is thinking about Octavian and all of the things that he does not contemplate.
(a) Truth.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Transformation.
(d) Power.

8. What is the language that Liz begins to study in her new found freedom and as a way to change her life?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Latin.

9. Where are Liz and Iva driving when Iva tells Liz that she needs to talk to God about her problems, according to the story?
(a) Michigan.
(b) California.
(c) Kansas.
(d) New Jersey.

10. What offers Liz ever-shifting images that begin to drive her crazy, even as she is trying to push them away?
(a) Mind.
(b) The Guru.
(c) Richard.
(d) A woman.

11. Who does Lucca want to live near, which is why he cannot picture himself in any other place?
(a) Liz.
(b) Mama.
(c) Maria.
(d) Dolce.

12. Liz finds that she is unwilling to drop the little ________ string of song when the other women are chanting, even if she is tired.
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

13. Who is the gorgeous, attentive actor and writer with whom Liz begins an affair during the midst of her divorce?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Felipe.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) David.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the magazine for which one of the writers Liz meets writes, according to the story?

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

3. Living the idea of God is something which is impossible without the help of ______________, even if understanding is simple.

4. Where is Liz first initiated into the divine energy by her Guru, though she does not feel any different as a result?

5. The sales clerk tells Liz that she looks like a buffalo ___________ in her new wide pants, according to the story.

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