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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?
(a) The long lost love of his life.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) Noussa.
(d) The widow.

2. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?
(a) With hatred.
(b) Joyfully.
(c) Fearfully.
(d) With ridicule.

3. 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 develop a cable system for transporting timber.
(c) He plans to marry Madame Hortense for her great wealth.
(d) He wants to build a ship so that he and his boss can sail around the world.

4. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?
(a) Because his books don't celebrate nature enough.
(b) Because the books are religious.
(c) Because the books are romantic.
(d) Because the books are unrelated to mining.

5. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
(a) Dante.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

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

3. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

4. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

5. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

Never die.

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

He takes a stroll through the countryside.

3. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

3

4. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

Boss.

5. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

Canavaro.