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

2. Liz studies the language of Italian hard, trying to learn __________ words per day, according to the story.
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

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

4. What is the name of the relationship in which two people teach each other how to speak their languages?
(a) Italian buddies.
(b) Partner Speakers.
(c) Tandem Exchange Partner.
(d) Tandem Buddies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the gorgeous, attentive actor and writer with whom Liz begins an affair during the midst of her divorce?

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

3. What is the work assignment that Liz is meant to do when she is at the Ashram, as a part of her mundane work?

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

5. Who tells Liz that her divorce papers had been signed, just as Liz was waking up from a nap?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Liz do when she begins to hear her ex-husband's voice in her head when she is cooking for herself?

2. What does Liz admit she has never been able to do when it comes to love relationships, which is why she wants to take a break?

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

4. What is the meaning of the new mantra which Liz is going to be using during her stay at the Ashram?

5. What is the advice that Giovanni gives to Liz as she is trying and struggling to learn Italian?

6. Why does Liz become lonely and depressed in her new Italian home, according to her writing in the book?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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