This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says they are free to choose.
(b) He says they are ungrateful.
(c) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(d) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.

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

4. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?
(a) He says that a man should try foreign foods.
(b) He says that a man should have relations with many women.
(c) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.
(d) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

5. How does Zorba describe God?
(a) He describes him as peaceful and quiet.
(b) He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.
(c) He likens him to the mine.
(d) He describes him as "ether."

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

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

3. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?

4. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

5. What does Zorba tell the narrator he should have done before going to bed the night before in chapter 4?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

It collapses.

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

Once honestly and twice half-honestly.

3. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?

Mimiko.

4. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

God.

5. What does Zorba tell the narrator he should have done before going to bed the night before in chapter 4?

He says the narrator should have told Dame Hortense how beautiful she is.