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

2. Wayan asks Liz if she understands _________ during the time the two spend together, helping to heal Liz.

3. Everyone is watched over from the womb by four ________: Intelligence, Friendship, Strength, and Poetry.

4. What kind of tree does Liz kiss when she is walking around during one of her last nights in the Ashram?

5. Felipe takes Liz to the beach where he says that he admires her ___________ body as they are on the sand.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the complaint that Tulsi has when she is talking with Liz as they get to know each other?

2. What does Ketut say about the palm reading of Felipe when he meets him for the first time?

3. What does Liz remember Richard telling her about finding love and getting back her sexual power?

4. What does Liz do in order to celebrate her liberation from her feelings about divorce and her ex-husband?

5. What does Liz promise to Richard before he leaves to go home to his own family?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Liz begins to pray for others when she is praying and meditating, rather than thinking of herself.

Part 1: Why do you think many people pray only for themselves and for their needs?

Part 2: How do you think a person changes when they begin to think of others more than themselves?

Part 3: Why do you think Liz begins to realize that praying for others is what she should do?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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