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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Zorba confront the miners?
(a) Taking long lunch breaks.
(b) Failing to get their picks before exiting.
(c) Not following the proper safety procedures.
(d) Leaving lanterns lit inside.

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

3. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?
(a) He takes a stroll through the countryside.
(b) He reads the Bible.
(c) He goes to the market.
(d) He discusses his plans for the mine with Zorba.

4. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?
(a) A human skeleton.
(b) A cave.
(c) The ruins of a Minoan city.
(d) An ancient inscribed tablet.

5. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?
(a) Religious ceremonies.
(b) Wars.
(c) Movie theaters.
(d) Carnivals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

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

3. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?

4. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?

5. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

The village elder.

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

Canavaro.

3. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?

A priest crosses his path.

4. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?

He calls a lunch break.

5. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

He says they are free to choose.