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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What or who does the narrator live for?
(a) Mankind.
(b) God.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Women.

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

3. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?
(a) Madame Hortense.
(b) Mimiko.
(c) Buddha.
(d) The widow.

4. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?
(a) Mimiko.
(b) Zorba.
(c) Manolakus.
(d) Anagnosti.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

5. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

He promises to cook him soup and play him music.

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

Wars.

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?

Smokes a pipe.

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

He tells him that he has love for him.

5. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

He throws his boss out of the mine.