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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Zorba travel to town in Chapter 12?
(a) To buy Madame Hortense many fine gifts.
(b) To hire a prostitute.
(c) To buy supplies for the mine.
(d) To find a new job.

4. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(b) He says they are ungrateful.
(c) He says they are free to choose.
(d) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

2. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

3. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?

4. How does Zorba feel about women?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Failing to get their picks before exiting.

2. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

Never die.

3. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?

Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.

4. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.

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

He takes a stroll through the countryside.