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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 is the work assignment that Liz is meant to do when she is at the Ashram, as a part of her mundane work?
(a) Scrubbing temple floors.
(b) Greeting students and visitors.
(c) Washing dishes.
(d) Reading.

2. Where does Liz go after the near kiss experience, according to the story?
(a) Train station.
(b) Studio apartment.
(c) Airport.
(d) A restaurant.

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

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

5. What does God say to Liz when she writes down that she does not believe in him?
(a) I believe in you.
(b) Why are you talking to me?
(c) I don't believe you.
(d) I think you need some time alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because Liz feels ________, she allows the divorce to continue on for months without resolution.

2. A medicine man teaches Liz about the balance between delights and ___________ and predicts that he will teach her in the future.

3. What are humans seeking, according to Liz's understanding of what yoga is meant to do for a person?

4. The experience that Liz has with God begins a ______________, but not a conversion, according to the story.

5. Where does Liz have her pivotal experience which brings her to her knees, talking to God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Iva recommend that Liz do when they are traveling on the book tour together as a way to begin the healing process?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Ketut Liyer tell Liz when she first meets him when studying about yoga vacations in Bali?

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