This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Zorba temporarily keep track of his sexual relationships?
(a) He cut off a lock of each lover's hair.
(b) He asked his mother to remember his list of lovers.
(c) He carved notches in the side of a boat.
(d) He recorded the names of the women in a small book.

2. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?
(a) The castration of pigs.
(b) Several marriage ceremonies.
(c) The eating of elaborate cakes.
(d) The slaughter of sheep.

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?
(a) Smokes a pipe.
(b) Has coffee with Zorba.
(c) Goes straight to work.
(d) Goes jogging.

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

5. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?
(a) It is worthless and does not relate to the true human experience.
(b) It should be banned and removed from all libraries.
(c) It helped him get through his youth but is of little value now.
(d) It is a foundational part of his sophisticated world view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?

2. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?

3. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?

Once honestly and twice half-honestly.

2. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?

The two argued rather than expressing love.

3. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?

In a bar.

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

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

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

The widow.