Life of Pi (Ch 21-22)

The author is sitting in a...

• The author sits in a café

• The author sits in a bus

True or False?

The author feels that his own life seems mundane compared to Pi’s

• True

• False

According to the author, which of the following is important to Pi?

• Pi’s religious philosophies value moral truth above intellectual truth

• Pi’s religious philosophies value scientific truth above moral truth

“Dry, yeastless factuality”...

• is the boring reality of doubt, the agnostic’s universe

• is the boring reality of non-belief, the atheist's universe

Which theme or themes is or are recurring in Chapter 20?

• Storytelling

• Faith

• Scientific truth

What is important to Pi in the context of Chapter 22?

• The need to improve and order reality through storytelling (or religion) is a natural human instinct

• The need to improve and order reality through scientific inquiry is a natural human instinct

Pi views an atheist's ending as hopeful. True or False

• True

• False

What does Pi believe the agnostic fate will be?

• Pi clearly has some sense that a "leap of faith" is far superior to clinging to a dead, dusty factuality.

• Pi believes agnostics lack the ability to see the better story in life. They die clinging on to their belief of uncertainty.

Which view does Pi hold true about atheists?

• The man who lives with moral guidance and moral imagination embraces the light and warmth of God as he leaps from his deathbed to whatever awaits him.

• The man who lives a life that embraces mere facts and intellect will only try to rationalize the light and warmth which surrounds him, meanwhile missing the "better story" of the imagination.

How does Chapter 22 relate to the rest of part thus far?

• Pi purports that fundamentalists and literalists should not cling to one intepretation of the universe

• Pi purports that people miss the better story when they are narrow-minded in terms of their belief and principles.

• If the Creator is ultimate, humans should not cling to categorizing the Creator.