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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. What does Liz begin to do four to five hours every day, according to the writing in this book?

2. Whose lease is up and the rent on the house is going to go up as a result, which causes suffering for this person?

3. What is not one of the ways that people have tried to hold onto the fourth state of consciousness for which so many others yearn?

4. Liz compares her spiritual experience to perceiving an ______________ or like being a part of the universe.

5. Zen Buddhists believe that an oak tree creates the __________ from which it is born, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mario do when Liz arrives in Indonesia for the last location of her journey?

2. What does Ketut say that he will teach Liz when she comes to study with him? And what else does Ketut say that he will do?

3. What are the two things Liz feels she has always done wrong when it comes to men and being with men?

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

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

6. What does Ketut do for the people who come to him as a healer from the area and surrounding areas?

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

8. What do Liz and Yudhi do together when they are sitting on the beach in Bali on the last day of their trip?

9. What is the process of choosing one's thoughts, according to the instruction of Richard?

10. What does Liz learn about the history of Bali when she checks out books on Bali from the library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, Liz writes pleas of help in a journal, only to respond to herself with soothing words.

Part 1: Why do you think that Liz writes down her cries for help instead of asking for help?

Part 2: How do you think you would respond if you felt you had a crisis of faith?

Part 3: Who do you think is writing back to Liz when she writes back to the words she writes?

Essay Topic 2

During her affair with Felipe, Liz neglects her meditation and her trips to see Ketut, her guru.

Part 1: Why do you think Liz stays away from her spiritual practices as she is falling in love?

Part 2: Do you think that Liz's spiritual progress has faltered since she's fallen in love?

Part 3: How do you think Liz could have balanced her spiritual life and her love more?

Essay Topic 3

Liz becomes afraid when she realizes that she is a little rusty when it comes to flirting.

Part 1: Why does flirting seem to make Liz so nervous in her actions?

Part 2: Do you think there is a right and a wrong way of flirting?

Part 3: How do you think others feel about the way that Liz interacts with them as she flirts?

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