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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) Mavrandoni.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Canavaro.
(d) Her parrot.

2. How does Zorba feel about women?
(a) He doesn't speak to them but looks constantly for a wife.
(b) He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.
(c) He feels closer to them than he does to men.
(d) He believes they are intellectually superior to men.

3. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?
(a) Going to war.
(b) Mining.
(c) Sex.
(d) Playing a musical instrument.

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

5. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?
(a) He begins a romance with Madame Hortense.
(b) He takes a long walk on the beach.
(c) He makes a map of the mine.
(d) He begins the writing of his manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

2. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

3. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

4. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

5. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

Dame Hortense.

2. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

The tale of his birth.

3. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

He says they are free to choose.

4. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

He works on his writing.

5. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

Fearfully.