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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Join a circus.
(c) Go to university.
(d) Pursue a life of physical action.

2. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?
(a) He fires Zorba.
(b) He fires several miners.
(c) He leaves the mine without speaking.
(d) He calls a lunch break.

3. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?
(a) He also works in the mine.
(b) He works on his writing.
(c) He romances Madame Hortense.
(d) He swims in the ocean.

4. How does Zorba feel about women?
(a) He doesn't speak to them but looks constantly for a wife.
(b) He believes they are intellectually superior to men.
(c) He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.
(d) He feels closer to them than he does to men.

5. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?
(a) "God and the Devil!"
(b) "Monks and Demons!"
(c) "Jesus and Satan!"
(d) "Heaven and Hell!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba tell the narrator that God would rather him do?

2. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?

3. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

4. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

5. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does Zorba tell the narrator that God would rather him do?

God would rather him visit the widow than go to church.

2. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?

Zorba.

3. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

Never die.

4. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

He begins the writing of his manuscript.

5. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?

A priest crosses his path.