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 recorded the names of the women in a small book.
(b) He carved notches in the side of a boat.
(c) He asked his mother to remember his list of lovers.
(d) He cut off a lock of each lover's hair.

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

3. 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?
(a) It loves philosophy.
(b) It has warts.
(c) It does not like romance.
(d) It refuses to grow old.

4. How does Lola refer to Zorba?
(a) Grandad.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Son.
(d) Daddy.

5. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?
(a) A newborn baby is baptized.
(b) Zorba weds Madame Hortense.
(c) The narrator holds a celebration for the mine's reopening.
(d) Zorba celebrates the beginning of the railway construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?

2. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?

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

4. What are the names of Zorba's two "half-honest" lovers?

5. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?

He realizes he's aging.

2. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?

Once honestly and twice half-honestly.

3. 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.

4. What are the names of Zorba's two "half-honest" lovers?

Sophinka and Noussa.

5. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?

His immediate passions.