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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?
(a) Finger.
(b) Arm.
(c) Ear.
(d) Toe.

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

3. 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.

4. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 4

5. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?
(a) Wars.
(b) Movie theaters.
(c) Religious ceremonies.
(d) Carnivals.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

4. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

5. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

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

Socialist ideas.

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

Dame Hortense.

4. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

"God and the Devil!"

5. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

He takes a stroll through the countryside.