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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?
(a) Join a circus.
(b) Get married.
(c) Go to university.
(d) Pursue a life of physical action.

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

3. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3

4. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) Fat and manure.
(b) Love and kindness.
(c) Work.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

3. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

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

5. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?

He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

Wars.

3. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

Canavaro.

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. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

The widow.