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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?
(a) He romances Madame Hortense.
(b) He also works in the mine.
(c) He swims in the ocean.
(d) He works on his writing.

2. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?
(a) Four chefs from Italy, France, Spain, and Poland.
(b) Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.
(c) Two pilots from America and two from Germany.
(d) Four thieves from Crete.

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

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

5. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) He plans to blast a new entrance to the mine.
(b) He wants to build a ship so that he and his boss can sail around the world.
(c) He plans to marry Madame Hortense for her great wealth.
(d) He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?

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

4. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

5. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

His old friend and Karayannis.

2. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?

Eternity.

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

He takes a stroll through the countryside.

4. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?

It collapses.

5. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

The old man does not treat his wife as an equal.