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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon his return from Candia, what does Zorba encourage the narrator to quickly get started on?
(a) Building a monastery.
(b) Building a house for them to live in.
(c) The timber rail project.
(d) Publication of his manuscript.

2. About what does Zorba confront the miners?
(a) Failing to get their picks before exiting.
(b) Leaving lanterns lit inside.
(c) Not following the proper safety procedures.
(d) Taking long lunch breaks.

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

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

5. Who mocks the bishop's theories?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Gavrili.
(c) Demetrios.
(d) Zorba.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lola refer to Zorba?

2. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?

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

4. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How does Lola refer to Zorba?

Grandad.

2. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?

Because his books don't celebrate nature enough.

3. 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.

4. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

Dame Hortense.

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

Talk about her love affairs.