This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?
(a) Children singing in the streets.
(b) A light breeze sweeping the fog away.
(c) Candles that Madame Hortense has lit.
(d) White flowers blooming outside their window.

2. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?
(a) He has fallen in love.
(b) He has suddenly become afraid of mining.
(c) He realizes he's aging.
(d) He is going to be a father.

3. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?
(a) He requests that he double the supplies purchase.
(b) He asks that he never return.
(c) He asks that he bring food when he returns.
(d) He requests that he return immediately.

4. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?
(a) His immediate passions.
(b) His "honest" wife.
(c) Madame Hortense.
(d) The narrator.

5. What are the names of Zorba's two "half-honest" lovers?
(a) Sophinka and Noussa.
(b) Alexandra and Diana.
(c) Madame Hortense and Anagnosti.
(d) Sophia and Cecilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?

2. After rescuing Zorba from being captured, what happens to the widow in his war story?

3. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

4. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

5. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?

Zorba celebrates the beginning of the railway construction.

2. After rescuing Zorba from being captured, what happens to the widow in his war story?

She dies when Zorba sets her village on fire.

3. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

It refuses to grow old.

4. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

An orgy.

5. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

She eloped with a soldier.