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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?
(a) The monks.
(b) The pharmacist.
(c) The local baker.
(d) The village elder.

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

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

4. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?
(a) It causes storms.
(b) It bleeds from a chiseled wound.
(c) It cries tears of blood.
(d) It draws a warring army.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

2. While Zorba is away, who invites the narrator to visit Africa?

3. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

4. Who does the narrator receive letters from in Chapter 12?

5. How does Zorba describe God?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

It collapses.

2. While Zorba is away, who invites the narrator to visit Africa?

Karayannis.

3. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

The Void and the end of civilization.

4. Who does the narrator receive letters from in Chapter 12?

His old friend and Karayannis.

5. How does Zorba describe God?

He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.