This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason does the narrator give in his argument that Zorba should not pressure him to visit the widow?
(a) He needs to stay focused on his writing.
(b) Acting impulsively is against his nature.
(c) He doesn't want to hurt the widow's feelings.
(d) Acting impulsively is his nature and he's trying to change.

3. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?
(a) Four times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Twice honestly and once half-honestly.
(d) Once honestly and twice half-honestly.

4. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?
(a) Santuri.
(b) Crete.
(c) His best friend.
(d) Zorba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what activity does the narrator try to instruct Zorba in Chapter 16?

2. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

3. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

4. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

5. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. On what activity does the narrator try to instruct Zorba in Chapter 16?

Meditation.

2. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.

3. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

The tale of his birth.

4. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

"God and the Devil!"

5. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?

He demanded stories from his guests.