This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Rembrandt's "Warrior."
(c) His father.
(d) Sampson from the Bible.

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

3. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?
(a) She wanted to travel to Crete.
(b) She wanted to be serenaded.
(c) She wanted a young husband.
(d) She wanted the wars to end.

4. What or who does Zorba live for?
(a) Mankind.
(b) Mining.
(c) God.
(d) Man as individual.

5. What or who does the narrator live for?
(a) Mankind.
(b) Zorba.
(c) Women.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

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

4. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?

5. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

2. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Finger.

3. 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.

4. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?

He should tell her she's beautiful no matter what.

5. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.