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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?
(a) His immediate passions.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) His "honest" wife.
(d) The narrator.

3. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) Her parrot.
(b) Mavrandoni.
(c) Canavaro.
(d) The narrator.

4. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?
(a) Nowacka.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Baudrillard.
(d) Canavaro.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who challenges Zorba to a knife fight near the widow's garden?

4. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

5. How does Zorba feel about women?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

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. Who challenges Zorba to a knife fight near the widow's garden?

Manolakas.

4. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

It refuses to grow old.

5. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.