Life of Pi Quizzes

Life of Pi Quiz 1

1 Who has the worst sea sickness?
Ravi

Pi

Richard Parker

Orange Juice
2 Where does Pi grow up?
Toronto

Munnar

Zurich

Pondicherry
3 How does Richard Parker get his name?
Pi names him after favorite teacher.

He resembles a famous actor named Richard Parker.

His zookeeper names him after himself.

A clerical error
4 What does Pi use as the base of his raft?
Planks from the boat

The tarpaulin

Oars

The zebra's bones
5 What does Pi consider to be his saving grace after the big storm?
That one whistle is not lost, so he can still control Richard Parker

That the raft is undamaged

That the food stores survived

That Richard Parker was subdued by the storm
6 What is Pi's first religion?
Hinduism

Christianity

Buddhism

Islam
7 What did Pi forget that made his ordeal easier?
His religion

His family

His past

Time
8 What bait does Pi use to fish the first time?
His leather shoe

Scraps from the hyena's carcass

Biscuits

Bits of chocolate
9 What was Pi grateful to Richard Parker for?
He killed the dangerous hyena.

He provided warmth.

He distracted him from the despair of being utterly alone and having lost his family.

His weight kept the boat steadier.
10 What does Pi have a hard time bringing himself to do?
Put the zebra out of its misery after the hyena tears its leg off

Eat the zebra once it's been killed

Kill the flying fish to use as bait

Kill the first dorado he catches
11 What punishment does Pi use to tame Richard Parker?
Splashing him with water

A shrill whistle

Pulling his tail

Seasickness
12 What does Pi's period of blindness represent to him?
His loneliest time

His profound faith

The beginning of his real moral suffering

His profound ability to survive
13 What does Pi use to enter a dream-like state?
Semi-starvation

A damp cloth

Slightly rotten fish

Richard Parker's urine
14 What does Pi say is life's only true opponent?
Despair

Fear

Lack of faith in God

Death
15 What is Pi's real name?
Piscine

Pondicherry

Pi

P. Singh
16 What aspect of Pi's personality makes his survival struggle even harder?
His vegetarianism

His sensitivity to sunlight

His fear of the ocean

His allergy to cats
17 In Pi's second story, who or what is the cook paralleled to?
Richard Parker

The zebra

Pi's survival instinct

The hyena
18 Which of these is not part of Pi's taming of Richard Parker?
Blowing a whistle aggressively

Holding and smelling Richard Parker's feces

Stealing Richard Parker's food

Making Richard Parker seasick
19 What is Pi's reaction the first time that he sees a faucet gushing water after his ordeal?
He collects the water in every container he has and stores it

He drops to his knees and prays

He drinks for ten minutes straight

He faints
20 What causes the author discomfort when he visits Pi?
The weird silence in the house, even when all of Pi's family is home

The spiciness of the food that Pi always serves him

Pi's cat, to whom the author is allergic

The religious symbols all over Pi's house
21 What animal does Pi choose for the topic of his zoology thesis?
Laughing hyena

Three-toed sloth

Meerkat

Bengal tiger
22 When Pi goes blind, what starts to bring his vision back?
His tears

The first food he eats

It comes back spontaneously

The sea turtle's blood he drinks
23 What does Pi say is the only body part that functions well while one is undergoing fear?
The heart

The ears

The eyes

The lungs
24 What does Pi consider his best plan to get rid of Richard Parker?
Push him off the boat

Survive until he dies of starvation or thirst

Kill him with morphine

Strangle him with rope
25 What is commonly referred to as the most dangerous animal in a zoo?
The tiger

The gorilla

The polar bear

Man

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Why is it, as Pi suggests a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspicious of swimmers?

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In author's note, why does the author mail his manuscript for the book about Portugal to a made-up address in Siberia?

Martel believed he had failed at writing the novel and that it was worthless. Thinking this he originally sent it to a fictitious address in Siberia.

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