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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?
(a) He has suddenly become afraid of mining.
(b) He realizes he's aging.
(c) He is going to be a father.
(d) He has fallen in love.

2. What does Zorba say prompted him to quit the army?
(a) Torching a village.
(b) Being trapped in a trench with dead bodies.
(c) Seeing the orphans of a priest he killed.
(d) seeing children murdered.

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

4. What are the names of Zorba's two "half-honest" lovers?
(a) Sophinka and Noussa.
(b) Alexandra and Diana.
(c) Sophia and Cecilia.
(d) Madame Hortense and Anagnosti.

5. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?
(a) A candle lighting ceremony.
(b) A concert.
(c) An extravagant meal.
(d) An orgy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

2. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?

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

4. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?

5. After rescuing Zorba from being captured, what happens to the widow in his war story?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

A young woman.

2. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?

White flowers blooming outside their window.

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

Any sexual adventure.

4. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?

Zorba celebrates the beginning of the railway construction.

5. After rescuing Zorba from being captured, what happens to the widow in his war story?

She dies when Zorba sets her village on fire.