This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fights the mob leader in an attempt to save the widow?
(a) Pavli.
(b) the narrator.
(c) Mavrandoni.
(d) Zorba.

2. What does Madame Hortense want from Zorba in Chapter 19?
(a) To impregnate her.
(b) To build them a new house.
(c) To be married immediately.
(d) To support her.

3. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?
(a) A human skeleton.
(b) A cave.
(c) The ruins of a Minoan city.
(d) An ancient inscribed tablet.

4. How does Lola refer to Zorba?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Grandad.
(c) Son.
(d) Uncle.

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?
(a) Taking long lunch breaks.
(b) Leaving lanterns lit inside.
(c) Failing to get their picks before exiting.
(d) Not following the proper safety procedures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

2. How does Zorba describe God?

3. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

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

5. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.

2. How does Zorba describe God?

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

3. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.

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

Wars.

5. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?

It bleeds from a chiseled wound.