This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?
(a) With ridicule.
(b) With hatred.
(c) Fearfully.
(d) Joyfully.

2. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?
(a) A blueprint for redesigning the mine.
(b) A meditation on finding true peace.
(c) A guideline for feeling comfortable in the Void.
(d) A war-like attempt to completely remove the prophet from his soul.

3. Why does Zorba watch the widow's home?
(a) He wants to protect her from Mimiko.
(b) He wants to make sure the narrator is not sneaking into her house.
(c) He wants to make sure she is not going to bed alone.
(d) He wants to steal from her.

4. Why does Zorba travel to town in Chapter 12?
(a) To buy supplies for the mine.
(b) To find a new job.
(c) To buy Madame Hortense many fine gifts.
(d) To hire a prostitute.

5. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) Work.
(b) God.
(c) Love and kindness.
(d) Fat and manure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

2. How does Zorba live his life?

3. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?

4. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.

2. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

3. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?

Buddha.

4. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?

Eternity.

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

Canavaro.