This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?
(a) Nowacka.
(b) Canavaro.
(c) Baudrillard.
(d) Johnson.

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

3. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?
(a) Mimiko.
(b) Zorba.
(c) Anagnosti.
(d) Manolakus.

4. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?
(a) Four thieves from Crete.
(b) Two pilots from America and two from Germany.
(c) Four chefs from Italy, France, Spain, and Poland.
(d) Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Zorba feel about women?

3. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

4. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

5. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Wars.

2. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.

3. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

He takes a stroll through the countryside.

4. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

5. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.