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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zorba describe God?
(a) He describes him as "ether."
(b) He likens him to the mine.
(c) He describes him as peaceful and quiet.
(d) He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.

2. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?
(a) It collapses.
(b) A baby is abandoned there.
(c) Five men suffocate to death.
(d) They find record amounts of lignite.

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

4. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?
(a) He fires several miners.
(b) He fires Zorba.
(c) He leaves the mine without speaking.
(d) He calls a lunch break.

5. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?
(a) A guideline for feeling comfortable in the Void.
(b) A war-like attempt to completely remove the prophet from his soul.
(c) A blueprint for redesigning the mine.
(d) A meditation on finding true peace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

3. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?

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

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

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. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

God.

3. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?

The ruins of a Minoan city.

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

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

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

Canavaro.