This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?
(a) His long lost brother.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) A young woman.
(d) His former best friend.

4. In his story, what does Zorba's grandfather tell the old soldier about the piece of wood he gives him?
(a) He says it is anything he believes it to be.
(b) He says it's a piece of Noah's Ark.
(c) He says it's a piece of wood from the house he was born in.
(d) He says it's part of the True Cross.

5. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?
(a) Candles that Madame Hortense has lit.
(b) Children singing in the streets.
(c) White flowers blooming outside their window.
(d) A light breeze sweeping the fog away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba say prompted him to quit the army?

2. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

3. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?

4. How does Lola refer to Zorba?

5. What does Zorba mean when he describes being married "dishonestly"?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does Zorba say prompted him to quit the army?

Seeing the orphans of a priest he killed.

2. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

It refuses to grow old.

3. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?

Fought in a war.

4. How does Lola refer to Zorba?

Grandad.

5. What does Zorba mean when he describes being married "dishonestly"?

Any sexual adventure.