This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?
(a) He says that the people of Crete believe in equality of the sexes already.
(b) He says it will disrupt the island's way of life without offering solutions for making it better.
(c) He says that Anagnosti will kill him if he does.
(d) He says it is all lies anyway.

2. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?
(a) The narrator's grandfather.
(b) The narrator.
(c) A soldier.
(d) Zorba.

3. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?
(a) They agree to one day own a lignite mine together.
(b) They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.
(c) They agree to fight in the war together.
(d) They agree to a double wedding when they reunite.

4. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) God.
(b) Work.
(c) Fat and manure.
(d) Love and kindness.

5. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?
(a) He brutally killed hundreds of people in the revolution.
(b) He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.
(c) He carried everyone's bags onto the ship.
(d) He cut part of his ear off because it was larger than the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zorba live his life?

2. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?

3. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

4. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

5. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

2. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?

He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.

3. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

He promises to cook him soup and play him music.

4. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

The Void and the end of civilization.

5. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.