This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the narrator compare his lustful feelings for the widow to?
(a) The widow's garden.
(b) Walking on the beach at night.
(c) The temptation of Buddha by the Evil One.
(d) Not ever finding any lignite in the mine.

2. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?
(a) With ridicule.
(b) Fearfully.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) With hatred.

3. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?
(a) The tale of his birth.
(b) The ancient civilization of Crete.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) A love story.

4. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?
(a) A war-like attempt to completely remove the prophet from his soul.
(b) A blueprint for redesigning the mine.
(c) A guideline for feeling comfortable in the Void.
(d) A meditation on finding true peace.

5. How did Zorba temporarily keep track of his sexual relationships?
(a) He carved notches in the side of a boat.
(b) He recorded the names of the women in a small book.
(c) He asked his mother to remember his list of lovers.
(d) He cut off a lock of each lover's hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?

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

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

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

5. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?

He realizes he's aging.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

A priest crosses his path.

5. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

She wanted to be serenaded.