This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?
(a) Because the books are religious.
(b) Because the books are romantic.
(c) Because the books are unrelated to mining.
(d) Because his books don't celebrate nature enough.

3. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
(a) The sexual organs.
(b) The brain.
(c) The achilles.
(d) The ears.

4. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?
(a) He brutally killed hundreds of people in the revolution.
(b) He carried everyone's bags onto the ship.
(c) He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.
(d) He cut part of his ear off because it was larger than the other.

5. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?
(a) A love story.
(b) The tale of his birth.
(c) The ancient civilization of Crete.
(d) Noah's Ark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

2. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

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

4. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

5. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

He tells him that he has love for him.

2. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

He does not personally believe in God but believes religion is essential to civilization.

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

Canavaro.

4. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Finger.

5. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.