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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. By what does Liz feel overcome when she is around Roman men, according to the story?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Anger.
(c) Lust.
(d) Boredom.

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

3. What does Liz first do when she gets to Rome and begins to settle into her trip?
(a) Does yoga asanas.
(b) Enrolls in Italian classes.
(c) Eats pastries.
(d) Cries.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A monk tells Liz that the mind rests in the __________ to escape clamor and when Liz tries a new mantra, she feels a shift.

3. Who advises Liz not to fall apart because of her work, even though she feels like crying some days?

4. What offers Liz ever-shifting images that begin to drive her crazy, even as she is trying to push them away?

5. David may actually have been Liz's _________, but not for the reasons she thought that he was.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does one of Liz's friends know of all of the best places to eat in Rome when she is there?

3. Why does Liz decide that she needs to swear herself to celibacy for the time being, at the start of the story?

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

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

6. To what does Liz compare her arrival at the Ashram when she is first coming into India?

7. Why does Liz's guru suggest that she use mantras in her life and in her daily practice?

8. What does the yogic path do for the person who uses it as more than just an exercise practice?

9. What happens when Liz decides to pray to God for the first time during that dark period of her life?

10. Why do Giovanni and Liz meet frequently, according to the beginning of the book?

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