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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?
(a) The monks.
(b) The village elder.
(c) The pharmacist.
(d) The local baker.

2. How does Zorba feel about women?
(a) He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.
(b) He feels closer to them than he does to men.
(c) He believes they are intellectually superior to men.
(d) He doesn't speak to them but looks constantly for a wife.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

4. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

5. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

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

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

Boss.

3. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

He works on his writing.

4. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.

5. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

He begins the writing of his manuscript.