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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zorba live his life?
(a) He reads books that instruct him how to live.
(b) He trusts that other people will show him how to live.
(c) He lives like every day is his last.
(d) He moves about suspecting that everyone wants to hurt him.

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

3. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?
(a) God.
(b) Women.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Mankind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

2. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

3. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

4. What or who does Zorba live for?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

The sexual organs.

2. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.

3. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

He says they are free to choose.

4. What or who does Zorba live for?

Man as individual.

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

It emphasizes the virtue of possessing nothing.