LIFE OF PI - CONTEXT QUIZ

Pi and his brother Ravi have great _____ for their father, even when they disagree or disobey in secret.

• respect

• contempt

• fear

• disregard

Yann Martel chose to portray the violence on the lifeboat in a graphic way to emphasize the natural rhythms of _____.

• human vs. animal

• birth vs. rebirth

• sadness and happiness

• life and death

Even though Pi accepts and is a part of three different religious systems, he always approaches life in the ways of the _____.

• Muslim faith

• Christian faith

• Buddhist faith

• Hindu faith

Pi at first has trouble with the Christian faith because, unlike Hinduism, there is really one _____ told over and over again.

• principle

• verse

• story

• rule

Family structure in India, and in Pi's family specifically, is traditionally _____.

• patriarchal

• matriarchal

• loosely-structured

• democratic