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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. Liz decides that she wants to have her own __________ since she seems to have forgotten what that is.
(a) Personality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Home.
(d) Books.

2. Liz decides that she will spend ________ months each in Italy, India, and Indonesia, according to the story.
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. Liz is jealous of her roommate who can seemingly slip into ____________ almost instantly when she uses her mantra.
(a) Joy.
(b) Delirium.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Sadness.

4. In whose hands does Giulio put all of the decisions and the outcomes of the world, according to the story?
(a) His wife's.
(b) His mama's.
(c) His own.
(d) God's.

5. 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) 2005.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Liz from setting out on her world travel adventure at the start, though this soon resolves?

2. Liz wishes she could be like __________ who enjoys her husband, but does not become affected when her husband is moody.

3. Who comes to visit Liz, dragging her around the city and helping her through her breakup grief?

4. Where exactly is Liz, the author, at the beginning of the book when she begins to tell her story?

5. Liz compares her entrance to the Ashram as one might introduce a new ____________ to the farm.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Liz's friends try to tell her to relax when she is in Italy on her trip?

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

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

4. What have Liz's friends told her about herself whenever she is in a relationship with a man?

5. What is the schedule the students have to follow, in terms of the time they need to get up and the time they need to go to bed?

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 begins to hear her ex-husband's voice in her head when she is cooking for herself?

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

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

10. How does Liz begin to define pleasure for herself, allowing herself to relax and be happy for once in her life?

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