Mr. Fornnarino's Honors English 2, Practice Quiz 21

Directions: For questions 1-12, choose the correct definition for each vocabulary word.

ensconce
1. unsympathetic
2. to secure
3. hate
4. to mask
callous
1. unsympathetic
2. to secure
3. hate
4. to mask
cataleptic
1. showiness
2. sad
3. complaining
4. frozen
dissemble
1. unsympathetic
2. to secure
3. hate
4. to mask
aversion
1. unsympathetic
2. to secure
3. hate
4. to mask
practicality
1. to hold
2. sick
3. necessity
4. wreckage
remonstration
1. showiness
2. sad
3. complaining
4. frozen
transfix
1. to hold
2. sick
3. necessity
4. wreckage
dyspeptic
1. to hold
2. sick
3. necessity
4. wreckage
flotsam
1. to hold
2. sick
3. necessity
4. wreckage
melancholy
1. showiness
2. sad
3. complaining
4. frozen
ostentation
1. showiness
2. sad
3. complaining
4. frozen
Look at the sentence below.
Irene a homebody rarely left the house in fact she didn’t even go out to buy wool.

In the example sentence, which of the following words shouldn’t be followed by a comma?
1. Irene
2. homebody
3. house
4. fact
Look at the sentence below.
Irene a homebody rarely left the house in fact she didn’t even go out to buy wool.

In the example sentence, which of the following words should be followed by a semicolon?
1. homebody
2. house
3. fact
4. out
In Life of Pi, who has the worst sea sickness?
1. Richard Parker
2. Pi
3. Ravi
4. Orange Juice
What literary device is exemplified by the words “TREEEE” (p.97), “HUMPF” (p.98), and “yip” (p.114)?
1. onomatopoeia
2. alliteration
3. hyperbole
4. personification
Why does Pi believe that his brother, Ravi, was right about Pi being “the next goat” (p. 99)?
1. He abandons ship without saving his family.
2. He is thrown into a lifeboat by the crew.
3. He gets up and goes outside during the storm.
4. He helps Richard Parker get into the lifeboat.
What dilemma causes Pi to spend hours hanging off the lifeboat by an oar?
1. He doesn’t have the strength to get into the boat.
2. sharks in the water; a tiger in the boat
3. He wants to use the oar as a rudder to steer.
4. family on the ship; safety on the boat
What does Pi mean by, “…a hyena’s catholicity of taste is so indiscriminate…” (p. 123)?
1. Hyenas will eat anything.
2. Hyenas are picky eaters.
3. Hyenas have good taste in the finer things.
4. Hyenas are indifferent to other animals.
At the end of Ch. 46, which animal (does it appear) will die first, and how will it die?
1. Orange Juice; sickness
2. Richard Parker; drowning
3. hyena; starvation
4. zebra; eaten by hyena
Which sentence is written correctly?
1. Yes, Mary, their going to welcome whoever wants to join, whether Democrat or Republican; it’s that simple.
2. Yes, Mary, they’re going to welcome whoever wants to join, whether Democrat or Republican; it’s that simple.
3. Yes mary their going to welcome whomever want to join weather democrat or rep.
4. Yes, Mary, they’re going to welcome whoever wants to join, whether Democrat or Republican, it’s that simple.
How does Orange Juice get from the sinking Tsimtsum to Pi’s life boat, and what does this prove?
1. Orange Juice floats from the Tsimtsum to the lifeboat on a bunch of bananas, proving that bananas do indeed float.
2. Orange Juice swims from the Tsimtsum to the lifeboat, proving that orangutans can swim.
3. Orange Juice climbs on a floating piece of wood from the Tsimtsum to the lifeboat, proving that orangutans are intelligent.
4. Orange Juice jumps from the Tsimtsum to the lifeboat, proving that orangutans are smart.
Pi narrates, “When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival” (Ch. 45, p.120). He is specifically referring to something that happened on the boat that he regrets ignoring. What does Pi regret, should he regret it, is his regret understandable, and would you have reacted like Pi or differently in the same situation?
1. Pi is specifically referring to the sharks terrifying Orange Juice on the lifeboat. The teen regrets not protecting Orange Juice by killing the sharks. In my opinion, he shouldn’t regret not helping Orange Juice because, in trying to kill the sharks, he could have lost his own life. This noted, his regret is most certainly understandable in that it is a display of empathy for another living creature, Orange Juice. It makes sense that Pi, a human being capable of feeling empathy, feels bad that he is so helpless in this particular situation. For the first time, Pi finds himself confronting the laws of the animal kingdom, which are very different than the laws of human society. Since he’s never had to deal directly with a savage world not ruled by human mores, Pi’s regret is an expression of his confused feelings of helplessness. I’m fairly sure that, as a human being, I would react similarly to the unfamiliar situation, and that I would feel the same amount of regret. Surely, Pi’s reaction to this situation and his feelings about it are are typical for a civilized human facing this set of circumstances.
2. Pi is specifically referring to helping Richard Parker get on the lifeboat. The teen regrets not protecting himself and the other animals. In my opinion, he shouldn’t regret helping Richard Parker because, in helping the strongest animal, he could have saved his own life. This noted, his regret is most certainly understandable in that it is a display of empathy for other living creatures, the other animals. It makes sense that Pi, a human being capable of feeling empathy, feels bad that he is so helpless in this particular situation. For the first time, Pi finds himself confronting the laws of the animal kingdom, which are very different than the laws of human society. Since he’s never had to deal directly with a savage world not ruled by human mores, Pi’s regret is an expression of his confused feelings of helplessness. I’m fairly sure that, as a human being, I would react similarly to the unfamiliar situation, and that I would feel the same amount of regret. Surely, Pi’s reaction to this situation and his feelings about it are are typical for a civilized human facing this set of circumstances.
3. Pi is specifically referring to leaving the ship without his family. The teen regrets not fighting off the crew. In my opinion, he shouldn’t regret not fighting the crew because, in trying to do so, he could have lost his own life. This noted, his regret is most certainly understandable in that it is a display of familial attachment, the deep connection of love. It makes sense that Pi, a human being capable of feeling empathy, feels bad that he is so helpless in this particular situation. For the first time, Pi finds himself confronting adulthood, which is very different than the innocence of childhood. Since he’s never had to deal directly with a savage world ruled by incomprehensible human mores, Pi’s regret is an expression of his helplessness and the absence of help from the gods. I’m fairly sure that, as a human being, I would react similarly to the horrible situation, and that I would feel the same amount of regret. Surely, Pi’s reaction to this situation and his feelings about it are are typical for a boy facing this set of circumstances.
4. Pi is specifically referring to the zebra basically being eaten alive by the hyena on the lifeboat. The teen regrets not protecting the zebra by killing the hyena. In my opinion, he shouldn’t regret not helping the zebra because, in trying to kill the hyena, he could have lost his own life. This noted, his regret is most certainly understandable in that it is a display of empathy for another living creature, the zebra. It makes sense that Pi, a human being capable of feeling empathy, feels bad that he is so helpless in this particular situation. For the first time, Pi finds himself confronting the laws of the animal kingdom, which are very different than the laws of human society. Since he’s never had to deal directly with a savage world not ruled by human mores, Pi’s regret is an expression of his confused feelings of helplessness. I’m fairly sure that, as a human being, I would react similarly to the unfamiliar situation, and that I would feel the same amount of regret. Surely, Pi’s reaction to this situation and his feelings about it are are typical for a civilized human facing this set of circumstances.