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

Ravi

Richard Parker

Pi
2 Where does Pi grow up?

Pondicherry

Toronto

Munnar

Zurich
3 How does Richard Parker get his name?

His zookeeper names him after himself.

A clerical error

Pi names him after favorite teacher.

He resembles a famous actor named Richard Parker.
4 What does Pi use as the base of his raft?

The tarpaulin

The zebra's bones

Oars

Planks from the boat
5 What does Pi consider to be his saving grace after the big storm?

That Richard Parker was subdued by the storm

That the food stores survived

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

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

Islam

Christianity

Hinduism

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

His religion

Time

His past

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

Bits of chocolate

Scraps from the hyena's carcass

His leather shoe

Biscuits
9 What was Pi grateful to Richard Parker for?

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

He killed the dangerous hyena.

His weight kept the boat steadier.

He provided warmth.
10 What does Pi have a hard time bringing himself to do?

Eat the zebra once it's been killed

Kill the flying fish to use as bait

Put the zebra out of its misery after the hyena tears its leg off

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

Pulling his tail

Seasickness

Splashing him with water

A shrill whistle
12 What does Pi's period of blindness represent to him?

His profound faith

The beginning of his real moral suffering

His loneliest time

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

Richard Parker's urine

Semi-starvation

A damp cloth

Slightly rotten fish
14 What does Pi say is life's only true opponent?

Death

Lack of faith in God

Fear

Despair
15 What is Pi's real name?

Pi

Piscine

Pondicherry

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

His sensitivity to sunlight

His vegetarianism

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?

Stealing Richard Parker's food

Holding and smelling Richard Parker's feces

Making Richard Parker seasick

Blowing a whistle aggressively
19 What is Pi's reaction the first time that he sees a faucet gushing water after his ordeal?

He drinks for ten minutes straight

He drops to his knees and prays

He collects the water in every container he has and stores it

He faints
20 What causes the author discomfort when he visits Pi?

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

The weird silence in the house, even when all of Pi's family is home
21 What animal does Pi choose for the topic of his zoology thesis?

Meerkat

Three-toed sloth

Bengal tiger

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

The sea turtle's blood he drinks

It comes back spontaneously

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 lungs

The eyes

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

Strangle him with rope

Kill him with morphine

Survive until he dies of starvation or thirst

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

Man

The polar bear

The gorilla

The tiger

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