This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to forget about Buddha.
(b) He wants to learn to meditate.
(c) He wants to improve his vocabulary.
(d) He wants to grow his hair long.

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

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Dante.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Virgil.

4. Who does the narrator receive letters from in Chapter 12?
(a) His old friend and Karayannis.
(b) Karayannis and his father.
(c) His mother and his old friend.
(d) Karayannis and Zorba.

5. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?
(a) It was too big.
(b) It got in the way of his pottery.
(c) It was strangely colored.
(d) It hurt constantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

2. After receiving a letter from his friend in Chapter 25, who does the narrator warn when he feels a sense of danger?

3. Why does the narrator feel like he can forget about the Enlightened One?

4. Who publicly defends the accused and attempts to break up the mob which seeks justice for Pavli's death?

5. What language does Zorba teach the narrator in chapter 25?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

Communication.

2. After receiving a letter from his friend in Chapter 25, who does the narrator warn when he feels a sense of danger?

His soldier friend.

3. Why does the narrator feel like he can forget about the Enlightened One?

He has finished his Buddha Manuscript.

4. Who publicly defends the accused and attempts to break up the mob which seeks justice for Pavli's death?

The narrator.

5. What language does Zorba teach the narrator in chapter 25?

Dance.