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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
(a) Dante.
(b) Virgil.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

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

4. 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 that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(c) He says they are ungrateful.
(d) He says they are free to choose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zorba feel about women?

2. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?

3. Why does Zorba watch the widow's home?

4. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?

5. How does Zorba describe God?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.

2. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?

It is worthless and does not relate to the true human experience.

3. Why does Zorba watch the widow's home?

He wants to make sure she is not going to bed alone.

4. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?

A war-like attempt to completely remove the prophet from his soul.

5. How does Zorba describe God?

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