Zorba the Greek Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zorba the Greek Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zorba watch the widow's home?
(a) He wants to protect her from Mimiko.
(b) He wants to steal from her.
(c) He wants to make sure she is not going to bed alone.
(d) He wants to make sure the narrator is not sneaking into her house.

2. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

3. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.
(b) He plans to blast a new entrance to the mine.
(c) He wants to build a ship so that he and his boss can sail around the world.
(d) He plans to marry Madame Hortense for her great wealth.

4. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?
(a) He takes a stroll through the countryside.
(b) He goes to the market.
(c) He discusses his plans for the mine with Zorba.
(d) He reads the Bible.

5. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) Fat and manure.
(b) Work.
(c) Love and kindness.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?

2. How does Zorba describe God?

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

4. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

5. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

1. C
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. D

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?

It is worthless and does not relate to the true human experience.

2. How does Zorba describe God?

He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.

4. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

Wars.

5. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

It collapses.

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