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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?
(a) Hire him at the mine.
(b) Cast down his religion.
(c) Kill his children.
(d) Leave his celebration.

2. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?
(a) Feasts and birthdays.
(b) Wars and revolutions.
(c) Carnivals and circuses.
(d) Rape and thievery.

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

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

5. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?
(a) Boss.
(b) Bro.
(c) Captain.
(d) Sir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

2. While Zorba and the narrator are in the shop, who runs past the window?

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

4. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.

2. While Zorba and the narrator are in the shop, who runs past the window?

A beautiful widow.

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

Fearfully.

4. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.

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

He takes a stroll through the countryside.