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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says they are free to choose.
(b) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.
(c) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(d) He says they are ungrateful.

2. While Zorba and the narrator are in the shop, who runs past the window?
(a) A paper boy.
(b) A juggler.
(c) A fellow miner.
(d) A beautiful widow.

3. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?
(a) He says that Anagnosti will kill him if he does.
(b) He says that the people of Crete believe in equality of the sexes already.
(c) He says it is all lies anyway.
(d) He says it will disrupt the island's way of life without offering solutions for making it better.

4. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
(a) The achilles.
(b) The ears.
(c) The brain.
(d) The sexual organs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

2. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?

3. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

5. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

The tale of his birth.

2. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?

Pursue a life of physical action.

3. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

Communication.

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

He tells him that he has love for him.

5. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

He does not personally believe in God but believes religion is essential to civilization.