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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?
(a) A nun.
(b) A young widowed mother.
(c) Dame Hortense.
(d) A strange woman walking on the beach.

2. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) He wants to build a ship so that he and his boss can sail around the world.
(b) He plans to blast a new entrance to the mine.
(c) He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.
(d) He plans to marry Madame Hortense for her great wealth.

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?
(a) A young boy.
(b) A monk.
(c) Dame Hortense.
(d) A village elder.

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

5. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?
(a) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.
(b) He says that a man should try foreign foods.
(c) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.
(d) He says that a man should have relations with many women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

5. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.

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

He says they are free to choose.

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

Fearfully.

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

Canavaro.

5. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.