This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel like he can forget about the Enlightened One?
(a) He has become engrossed with the physical world.
(b) His sexual relationship is more fulfilling that meditation.
(c) Mining is all that he cares about now.
(d) He has finished his Buddha Manuscript.

2. What happens to Gavrili in the night at the monastery?
(a) He is murdered by his lover.
(b) He is held hostage by invaders.
(c) He thinks he hears God speaking to him.
(d) He is raped.

3. How do the negotiations over land between Zorba and the abbot begin?
(a) They agree completely to the original negotiation.
(b) The abbot charges a lesser amount to prove his devotion to a higher power.
(c) The abbot tries to charge more money than agreed upon.
(d) Zorba insists that they pay more.

4. Who does Zorba meet while in Candia?
(a) His long lost brother.
(b) A young woman.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) His former best friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?

2. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

3. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?

4. Which character reveals that he had a son who died at the age of three?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?

It bleeds from a chiseled wound.

2. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

He does not personally believe in God but believes religion is essential to civilization.

3. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?

Talk about her love affairs.

4. Which character reveals that he had a son who died at the age of three?

Zorba.

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

The widow.