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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After rescuing Zorba from being captured, what happens to the widow in his war story?
(a) He marries her and is with her for several years.
(b) She dies when Zorba sets her village on fire.
(c) She runs away to live in a distant village.
(d) She dies in childbirth.

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

3. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?
(a) His "honest" wife.
(b) The narrator.
(c) His immediate passions.
(d) Madame Hortense.

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

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

2. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

3. How did Zorba temporarily keep track of his sexual relationships?

4. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

5. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

2. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

A young woman.

3. How did Zorba temporarily keep track of his sexual relationships?

He cut off a lock of each lover's hair.

4. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

She eloped with a soldier.

5. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

An orgy.