Zorba the Greek Quiz Questions | Quiz: Chapter 21 to Chapter 24

Quiz: Chapter 21 to Chapter 24

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What news does the monk Zaharia bring in Chapter 24?
a) He has quit his life at the monastery.
b) He has burned down the monastery.
c) He robbed the monastery.
d) He wants to become a lignite miner.

2. What does Zorba ask the narrator to explain to him in Chapter 24?
a) The best techniques for extracting lignite from the mine.
b) Death and why people die.
c) How to cook a good soup.
d) The meaning of life.

3. Who challenges Zorba to a knife fight near the widow's garden?
a) Dimitri.
b) Pavli's ghost.
c) Manolakas.
d) Mavrandoni.

4. What causes Zorba to become infuriated after Hortense's death?
a) The narrator announces that he will leave Crete.
b) The narrator does not have the answers to his questions.
c) Madame Hortense has not left him anything in her will.
d) The narrator fires him from the mine.

5. What do the narrator and Zorba do on Easter Sunday?
a) Make a feast for the village orphans.
b) Make a feast for Madame Hortense.
c) Walk into Candia.
d) Swim in the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer the question with a short answer.

1. Who challenges Zorba to a knife fight near the widow's garden?

2. Who fights the mob leader in an attempt to save the widow?

3. For what action does Zorba grow proud of the narrator?

4. Who does Zaharia say inspired his mission?

5. What do the narrator and Zorba do on Easter Sunday?