Life of Pi Quizzes

Life of Pi Quiz 1

By Alice Cullina · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed November 30, 2008

1 Who has the worst sea sickness?

Orange Juice

Pi

Richard Parker

Ravi
2 Where does Pi grow up?

Toronto

Zurich

Pondicherry

Munnar
3 How does Richard Parker get his name?

He resembles a famous actor named Richard Parker.

His zookeeper names him after himself.

Pi names him after favorite teacher.

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

Planks from the boat

Oars

The tarpaulin

The zebra's bones
5 What does Pi consider to be his saving grace after the big storm?

That Richard Parker was subdued by the storm

That one whistle is not lost, so he can still control Richard Parker

That the food stores survived

That the raft is undamaged
6 What is Pi's first religion?

Christianity

Buddhism

Hinduism

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

His religion

His family

Time

His past
8 What bait does Pi use to fish the first time?

Biscuits

Scraps from the hyena's carcass

His leather shoe

Bits of chocolate
9 What was Pi grateful to Richard Parker for?

He provided warmth.

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

His weight kept the boat steadier.

He killed the dangerous hyena.
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 first dorado he catches

Kill the flying fish to use as bait
11 What punishment does Pi use to tame Richard Parker?

Splashing him with water

Seasickness

A shrill whistle

Pulling his tail
12 What does Pi's period of blindness represent to him?

His profound faith

His loneliest time

His profound ability to survive

The beginning of his real moral suffering
13 What does Pi use to enter a dream-like state?

Semi-starvation

Slightly rotten fish

Richard Parker's urine

A damp cloth
14 What does Pi say is life's only true opponent?

Fear

Despair

Lack of faith in God

Death
15 What is Pi's real name?

P. Singh

Pi

Pondicherry

Piscine
16 What aspect of Pi's personality makes his survival struggle even harder?

His allergy to cats

His fear of the ocean

His sensitivity to sunlight

His vegetarianism
17 In Pi's second story, who or what is the cook paralleled to?

The hyena

Pi's survival instinct

The zebra

Richard Parker
18 Which of these is not part of Pi's taming of Richard Parker?

Stealing Richard Parker's food

Blowing a whistle aggressively

Holding and smelling Richard Parker's feces

Making Richard Parker seasick
19 What is Pi's reaction the first time that he sees a faucet gushing water after his ordeal?

He drops to his knees and prays

He faints

He drinks for ten minutes straight

He collects the water in every container he has and stores it
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 religious symbols all over Pi's house

The spiciness of the food that Pi always serves him

Pi's cat, to whom the author is allergic
21 What animal does Pi choose for the topic of his zoology thesis?

Bengal tiger

Meerkat

Three-toed sloth

Laughing hyena
22 When Pi goes blind, what starts to bring his vision back?

It comes back spontaneously

The sea turtle's blood he drinks

The first food he eats

His tears
23 What does Pi say is the only body part that functions well while one is undergoing fear?

The heart

The ears

The lungs

The eyes
24 What does Pi consider his best plan to get rid of Richard Parker?

Survive until he dies of starvation or thirst

Strangle him with rope

Kill him with morphine

Push him off the boat
25 What is commonly referred to as the most dangerous animal in a zoo?

The polar bear

The gorilla

Man

The tiger

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