Zorba the Greek Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zorba the Greek Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?
(a) The local baker.
(b) The pharmacist.
(c) The monks.
(d) The village elder.

2. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 3

3. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Sex, work, and fat.
(b) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(c) Fear, love, and God.
(d) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.

4. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?
(a) Boss.
(b) Captain.
(c) Bro.
(d) Sir.

5. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?
(a) Cast down his religion.
(b) Leave his celebration.
(c) Hire him at the mine.
(d) Kill his children.

6. While Zorba is away, who invites the narrator to visit Africa?
(a) The narrator's older brother.
(b) Karayannis.
(c) His soldier friend.
(d) Zorba.

7. What painting does Zorba present to Madame Hortense?
(a) A portrait of the two of them in front of a castle.
(b) A portrait of the two of them in a garden.
(c) A painting of her as a siren leading battleships.
(d) A painting of her as a goddess.

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

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

10. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?
(a) A strange woman walking on the beach.
(b) Dame Hortense.
(c) A young widowed mother.
(d) A nun.

11. 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.

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

13. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?
(a) He promises to make him a fortune.
(b) He promises to find him a wife.
(c) He promises to cook him soup and play him music.
(d) He promises to do all of his cooking and cleaning.

14. How does Zorba treat women for the most part?
(a) He is mostly very kind.
(b) He is physically abusive.
(c) He acts as a servant to them.
(d) He belittles them in public.

15. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?
(a) He requests that he double the supplies purchase.
(b) He asks that he never return.
(c) He asks that he bring food when he returns.
(d) He requests that he return immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

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

3. What does Zorba tell the narrator he should have done before going to bed the night before in chapter 4?

4. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

5. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

Multiple Choice Answer Key

1. D
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. D
13. C
14. A
15. D

Short Answer Key

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.

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

Zorba.

3. What does Zorba tell the narrator he should have done before going to bed the night before in chapter 4?

He says the narrator should have told Dame Hortense how beautiful she is.

4. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Finger.

5. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

A young woman.

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