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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liz is jealous of her roommate who can seemingly slip into ____________ almost instantly when she uses her mantra.

2. What is the color of the energy running through Liz's body when she uses the new mantra in her practice?

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

4. What does Liz first do when she gets to Rome and begins to settle into her trip?

5. What does Liz take great joy in buying after she begins to understand what brings her pleasure when she is in Italy?

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

3. What does Lucca Spaghetti like to take Liz to do when they are going out to eat in Italy?

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

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

6. What does Liz do in response to David's repulsion at her addiction and her dependence on him?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Liz struggles with the idea of relaxing and just doing nothing, as the Italians are so easily able to do.

Part 1: Why do you think Liz has such a difficult time doing nothing with her days?

Part 2: Do you admire the people who are able to do nothing all day or do you think they are lazy?

Part 3: How do you think your life would need to change in order for you to do less than you are doing right now?

Essay Topic 2

It is said that in prayer, one speaks to God while in meditation one listens to God, though Liz finds it frustrating.

Part 1: What do you think the value of prayer might be in someone's life?

Part 2: How do you think meditation might change the way a person acts and feels?

Part 3: Why do you think meditation is so celebrated in the world? Do you think you'll practice this someday?

Essay Topic 3

Liz begins to come to the understanding that she and her ex-husband were born in order to forgive each other.

Part 1: Why do you think divorce is so painful for those who are in it, even though they have decided to break up?

Part 2: How do you feel about the idea that people might be born to forgive each other?

Part 3: What do you think the positive result of forgiveness is? Are there any negative results?

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