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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?
(a) He tells him that he wishes he too were at war.
(b) He reveals his plans for the mine.
(c) He tells him that he has love for him.
(d) He suggests they not see one another again.

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

3. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?
(a) Cook a delicious soup.
(b) Never leave Crete.
(c) Play a musical instrument when happy.
(d) Never die.

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

5. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?
(a) He says it is all lies anyway.
(b) He says it will disrupt the island's way of life without offering solutions for making it better.
(c) He says that Anagnosti will kill him if he does.
(d) He says that the people of Crete believe in equality of the sexes already.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Zorba live his life?

3. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

4. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

5. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

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. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

3. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

Boss.

4. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

Wars and revolutions.

5. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.