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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?
(a) Once honestly and twice half-honestly.
(b) Twice honestly and once half-honestly.
(c) Three times.
(d) Four times.

2. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?
(a) She eloped with a soldier.
(b) She mysteriously vanished.
(c) She went back to her home village to care for her sick mother.
(d) She committed suicide.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?

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

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

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?

He requests that he return immediately.

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

She dies when Zorba sets her village on fire.

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

He realizes he's aging.

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

His immediate passions.