Quiz: Chapter 1 to Chapter 15
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
Directions: Circle the correct answer.
1. What does Zorba tell the narrator he should have done before going to bed the night before in chapter 4?
a) He tells him he should have cleaned the house.
b) He tells the narrator that he should have made some work notes for the following day.
c) He says the narrator should have told Dame Hortense how beautiful she is.
d) Zorba tells him that he should have meditated.
2. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?
a) He asks his boss to record the men's work hours.
b) He asks his boss to get them lunch.
c) He throws his boss out of the mine.
d) He tells his boss that they are lazy.
3. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?
a) Manolakus.
b) Zorba.
c) Anagnosti.
d) Mimiko.
4. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
a) Shakespeare.
b) Dante.
c) The Bible.
d) Virgil.
5. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?
a) She eloped with a soldier.
b) She committed suicide.
c) She mysteriously vanished.
d) She went back to her home village to care for her sick mother.
Short Answer Questions
Directions: Answer the question with a short answer.
1. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?
2. How does Zorba describe proposal and marriage?
3. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?
4. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?
5. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?
Quiz Answer Key: Chapter 1 to Chapter 15
Multiple Choice Answer Key
1. c.
2. c.
3. d.
4. b.
5. a.
Short Answer Key
1. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?
Cruel authority.
2. How does Zorba describe proposal and marriage?
As "the trap."
3. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?
He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.
4. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?
He promises to cook him soup and play him music.
5. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?
Fearfully.
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