Mr. Fornnarino's Honors English 2, Practice Quiz 22

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

sublimity
1. a problem
2. wearing down
3. pureness
4. moving
conundrum
1. a problem
2. wearing down
3. pureness
4. moving
kinetic
1. a problem
2. wearing down
3. pureness
4. moving
lucidity
1. awareness
2. carefree
3. observable
4. pleading
sustenance
1. with hunger
2. nourishment
3. an opening
4. necessity
attrition
1. a problem
2. wearing down
3. pureness
4. moving
imperative
1. with hunger
2. nourishment
3. an opening
4. necessity
fistula
1. with hunger
2. nourishment
3. an opening
4. necessity
insouciant
1. awareness
2. carefree
3. observable
4. pleading
voraciously
1. with hunger
2. nourishment
3. an opening
4. necessity
empirical
1. awareness
2. carefree
3. observable
4. pleading
supplication
1. awareness
2. carefree
3. observable
4. pleading
Which is not a word type (of fewer than five letters) that should remain uncapitalized in the middle of titles?
1. articles
2. adverbs
3. conjunctions
4. prepositions
Which of the following titles has been written correctly?
1. Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House.
2. “Treaty opens Border for Refugees’ Return”
3. “Poem on Returning to Dwell in the Country”
4. Muir’s Original Log Home For Builders and Buyers
When Pi says, “All my life I had only known part of her,” about Orange Juice, what does he mean?
1. He didn’t know that she could be ferocious.
2. He didn’t realize that she could be loving.
3. He didn’t think about her as an orangutan.
4. He didn’t imagine that she would defend him.
Why does Pi stop himself from attacking the hyena?
1. He knows it will die soon.
2. He is no match for the hyena.
3. He wants to die.
4. He sees Richard P.
What biological necessity for a stranded person becomes the most important thing to Pi in Ch. 49?
1. food
2. water
3. shelter
4. shade
What is Pi using when he says, “like being afraid of splinters when trees are falling down (p.136), and what is he talking about?
1. simile; Richard P.
2. metaphor; lifeboat
3. irony; hunger
4. hyperbole; thirst
How does Pi manage to separate himself from Richard Parker, and why does he regret this?
1. He throws a bunch of food overboard and regrets it when he feels hungry.
2. He climbs inside the dead zebra carcass but has second thought because of the smell.
3. He builds a raft but is afraid once he’s away from the lifeboat.
4. He puts the hyena between himself and RP but is scared of the hyena.
Which of the following is not one of Pi’s abandoned plans for getting rid of Richard Parker?
1. poisoning
2. choking
3. electrocution
4. morphine shots
5. fire
6. stoning
Which sentence is written correctly?
1. Well known writers submit works like the article Salt on our Wounds to the New Yorker a renowned magazine.
2. Well known writers submit works like the article "Salt on Our Wounds" to the New Yorker, a renowned magazine.
3. Well-known writers submit works like the article "Salt on our Wounds" to the New Yorker, a renowned magazine.
4. Well-known writers submit works like the article "Salt on Our Wounds" to the New Yorker, a renowned magazine.
What plan does Pi finally decide upon as the best way to dispose of Richard Parker?
1. Pi decides that the best way to dispose of Richard Parker is by waging a war of attrition. He wants to survive by letting Richard Parker waste away with no food and no water.
2. Pi decides that the best way to dispose of Richard Parker is by using a medical packet from the lifeboat to poison him. He wants to survive by killing Richard Parker and using bits of his body as bait.
3. Pi decides that the best way to dispose of Richard Parker is to get him to fight the hyena. He wants to survive by outlasting all of the other creatures on the lifeboat.
4. Pi decides that he cannot dispose of Richard Parker, so Pi must stay on his raft except when Richard Parker is asleep. He wants to survive by outsmarting Richard Parker while still accepting his own weaknesses.
Which paragraph follows grammar and punctuation rules to correctly answer the italicized questions below?

Instead of accepting death by thirst, starvation, or at the paws of Richard Parker, what does Pi decide to do in both the short term and the long term? What do these decisions say about Pi as a person, and would you have reacted like Pi or differently in the same situation?
1. In both the short and the long terms Pi decides to fight for his own survival. In the short term Pi decides that he must put some distance between himself and Richard Parker. To accomplish this he builds a raft that is attached to the lifeboat but that provides some space between the tiger and himself. As a long term plan Pi decides to wage a war of attrition against the animal. The teen believes that if he deprives the beast of food and water it will eventually die. As the smarter and more resourceful of the two Pi (at first) believes that he will easily out-survive Richard Parker. I believe that these decisions are a testament not only to Pi’s resourcefulness but to his courageousness as well. Although he originally feels that he doesn’t have the physical and emotional strength to survive such adversity he finds the power within himself to fight for his life. In the same position God forbid I would hope that I would have the strength to rally rather than to simply give up. Surely Pi’s mettle is proven by his willingness to persevere.
2. In both the short and the long terms, Pi decides to fight for his own survival. In the short term, Pi decides that he must put some distance between himself and Richard Parker. To accomplish this, he builds a raft that is attached to the lifeboat but that provides some space between the tiger and himself. As a long-term plan, Pi decides to wage a war of attrition against the animal. The teen believes that if he deprives the beast of food and water, it will eventually die. As the smarter and more resourceful of the two, Pi (at first) believes that he will easily out-survive Richard Parker. I believe that these decisions are a testament not only to Pi’s resourcefulness but to his courageousness as well. Although he originally feels that he doesn’t have the physical and emotional strength to survive such adversity, he finds the power within himself to fight for his life. In the same position, God forbid, I would hope that I would have the strength to rally rather than to simply give up. Surely, Pi’s mettle is proven by his willingness to persevere.
3. Instead of accepting death by thirst, starvation, or at the paws of Richard Parker, Pi decides in both the short term and the long term that he must terminate the life of the voracious tiger. In the short term, Pi must determine the best way to kill the tiger. In the long term, he must determine how to get rid of the tiger’s body. He decides to eliminate Richard Parker by using the contents of a medical packet. Pi has found the packet on the lifeboat, and now he will put the contents into a bowl of water for Richard Parker to drink. Since Pi cannot lift the heavy tiger to remove its body from the lifeboat, it is imperative that Pi butcher the tiger. Fortunately, Pi has also found a knife in a small compartment. Pi’s decisions show that he has a strong will to live and the intelligence to develop good plans. Honestly, I probably would not have reacted like Pi if I were in the same situation. Sadly, I believe I would have been overwhelmed and I would have died.
4. Instead of accepting death by thirst starvation, or at the paws of Richard Parker Pi decides in both the short term and the long term that he must terminate the life of the voracious tiger. In the short term Pi must determine the best way to kill the tiger. In the long term, he must determine how to get rid of the tiger’s body. He decides to eliminate Richard Parker by using the contents of a medical packet. Pi has found the packet on the lifeboat and now he will put the contents into a bowl of water for Richard Parker to drink. Since Pi cannot lift the heavy tiger to remove its body from the lifeboat it is imperative that Pi butcher the tiger. Fortunately Pi has also found a knife in a small compartment. Pi’s decisions show that he has a strong will to live and the intelligence to develop good plans. Honestly I probably would not have reacted like Pi if I were in the same situation. Sadly I believe I would have been overwhelmed and I would have died.