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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Been to Italy.
(b) Killed a woman.
(c) Fathered a child.
(d) Fought in a war.

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) Torching a village.
(d) seeing children murdered.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Any sexual adventure.

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. 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. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?

A young woman.

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

Once honestly and twice half-honestly.