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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?
(a) Zorba.
(b) Buddha.
(c) The widow.
(d) Mining.

2. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?
(a) He loses his job at the mine.
(b) He grows interested in philosophy.
(c) A priest crosses his path.
(d) He falls in love with a woman.

3. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Communication.
(c) Competition.
(d) Entertainment.

4. Who does the narrator receive letters from in Chapter 12?
(a) Karayannis and his father.
(b) Karayannis and Zorba.
(c) His old friend and Karayannis.
(d) His mother and his old friend.

5. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?
(a) Eternity.
(b) The Martyred Virgin.
(c) Blood.
(d) The cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

3. How does Zorba feel about women?

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

He takes a stroll through the countryside.

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

Wars.

3. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.

4. 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.

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

Canavaro.