This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Dante.

2. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?
(a) He takes a stroll through the countryside.
(b) He discusses his plans for the mine with Zorba.
(c) He reads the Bible.
(d) He goes to the market.

3. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?
(a) He begins the writing of his manuscript.
(b) He begins a romance with Madame Hortense.
(c) He takes a long walk on the beach.
(d) He makes a map of the mine.

4. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
(a) The achilles.
(b) The ears.
(c) The sexual organs.
(d) The brain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

2. What or who does the narrator live for?

3. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?

4. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?

5. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

2. What or who does the narrator live for?

God.

3. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?

Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.

4. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?

It got in the way of his pottery.

5. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

"God and the Devil!"