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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Hortense becoming a bride?
(a) It takes away from her allure as a widow.
(b) It makes her more respectable.
(c) It is likely to have a negative impact on business.
(d) It makes her glow.

2. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?
(a) The Martyred Virgin.
(b) Eternity.
(c) The cross.
(d) Blood.

3. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?
(a) He fires several miners.
(b) He calls a lunch break.
(c) He leaves the mine without speaking.
(d) He fires Zorba.

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

5. Why does Zorba travel to town in Chapter 12?
(a) To buy supplies for the mine.
(b) To hire a prostitute.
(c) To buy Madame Hortense many fine gifts.
(d) To find a new job.

Short Answer Questions

1. In pleasing Madame Hortense, to whom does Zorba compare himself?

2. While Zorba is away, who invites the narrator to visit Africa?

3. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?

4. How does Zorba describe God?

5. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. In pleasing Madame Hortense, to whom does Zorba compare himself?

Zeus.

2. While Zorba is away, who invites the narrator to visit Africa?

Karayannis.

3. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?

Cast down his religion.

4. How does Zorba describe God?

He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.

5. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.