This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Zorba give for having attacked his old boss?
(a) He says the man cheated him.
(b) He offers no excuse or reason.
(c) He claims the man kissed his girlfriend.
(d) He says the man tried to assault him first.

2. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to learn to play a musical instrument.
(b) He wants to find a lover.
(c) He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.
(d) He wants to become an excellent cook.

3. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?
(a) Renting a lignite mine.
(b) Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.
(c) Being too short.
(d) Having family from Italy.

4. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?
(a) He throws his boss out of the mine.
(b) He asks his boss to get them lunch.
(c) He tells his boss that they are lazy.
(d) He asks his boss to record the men's work hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?

2. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?

3. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

4. As the narrator gets to know the mine workers, what does he talk to them about?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?

It emphasizes the virtue of possessing nothing.

2. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?

Mimiko.

3. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

The widow.

4. As the narrator gets to know the mine workers, what does he talk to them about?

Socialist ideas.

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

Canavaro.