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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Greeting students and visitors.
(b) Scrubbing temple floors.
(c) Reading.
(d) Washing dishes.

2. Liz swears herself to celibacy in order to find healing and peace through ____________, according to the story.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Yoga.
(d) Diary writing.

3. Liz conceives of God as an experience of supreme __________ rather than like the descriptions in popular culture.
(a) Authority.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Love.
(d) Presence.

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

5. 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.

6. 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) Power.
(d) Transformation.

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

8. How does Liz decide that she needs to break up with David? How does she tell him it's over?
(a) On the phone.
(b) Over email.
(c) In a letter.
(d) In person.

9. What line does Liz remember from Jaws when she struggles with not breaking down? "We're gonna need a bigger _________"
(a) Harpoon.
(b) Net.
(c) Boat.
(d) Plan.

10. Who does Liz want to kiss her, even though she is dreading it at the same time, according to the story?
(a) John.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) David.
(d) Felipe.

11. What New Year does Liz help to chant in upon her arrival at the Ashram and in India for the next part of her trip?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2003.

12. What prevents Liz from setting out on her world travel adventure at the start, though this soon resolves?
(a) Her divorce proceedings.
(b) She loses her book advance.
(c) A family emergency.
(d) An illness.

13. David may actually have been Liz's _________, but not for the reasons she thought that he was.
(a) Perfect brother.
(b) Soul mate.
(c) Guru.
(d) Husband.

14. 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) Kansas.
(b) California.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Michigan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Yoga is meant to teach ___________, a state in which one does not have to brood about the past or the future.

4. What is the Sanskrit word for union, according to the writing in this book?

5. The new mantra that Liz uses is ________, which means "I am That" and it targets the area which the monk describes.

(see the answer keys)

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