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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 war-like attempt to completely remove the prophet from his soul.
(d) A guideline for feeling comfortable in the Void.

2. When the narrator meets an old man on the trail, where does the man ask if he's headed?
(a) The garden.
(b) The river.
(c) The pub.
(d) The convent.

3. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?
(a) It helped him get through his youth but is of little value now.
(b) It is a foundational part of his sophisticated world view.
(c) It is worthless and does not relate to the true human experience.
(d) It should be banned and removed from all libraries.

4. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says they are free to choose.
(b) He says they are ungrateful.
(c) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.
(d) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

2. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

5. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

Fearfully.

2. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

It collapses.

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

Canavaro.

4. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.

5. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

Canavaro.