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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 decides, as a result of learning about the Bali people, to cultivate her own ____________ in her life.

2. Liz sees the new students as the __________ from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, confused and disoriented.

3. Ketut believes that Liz is like a daughter to him, so he invites her to his _____________.

4. The easy meditation that Ketut first teaches Liz is sit and _________, which he thinks she can handle.

5. What is the second question that a Balinese villager might ask a stranger upon their arrival in the area?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Sufi image which Liz uses to explain to Wayan the opportunities before her now?

2. What does Liz do to make Ketut's wife less suspicious of her and of her intentions with Ketut?

3. What is the turiya state which Liz is trying to achieve in the course of her time at the Ashram?

4. What is the thought Liz is having which encourages her to try out the Vipassana meditation?

5. What causes Bali to be the last remnant of Hinduism, according to the beginning of this section?

6. What does Liz do in order to help out Wayan with her real estate problems, though she is thought to be nutty for it?

7. What does Ketut show to Liz when they meet at his home during the first part of this section?

8. What does Ketut recommend about the religions of others when two people meet?

9. What does Liz do in order to help herself sleep when she has so much trouble one night?

10. To what does the plumber/poet from New Zealand liken divorce when a group begins to discuss this idea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mario takes Liz to her Guru immediately, dropping everything to help this unknown woman.

Part 1: Why do you think the Liz feels as though she is immediately adored?

Part 2: Why do you think a stranger might want to drop everything to help someone else?

Part 3: Have you ever dropped everything to help someone you didn't already know?

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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