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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) The tale of his birth.
(c) The ancient civilization of Crete.
(d) A love story.

2. How does the narrator depict Madame Hortense?
(a) Witchy.
(b) As intensely beautiful.
(c) Comically and unattractively.
(d) Dangerous.

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

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

5. Who fights the mob leader in an attempt to save the widow?
(a) Zorba.
(b) Pavli.
(c) the narrator.
(d) Mavrandoni.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?

2. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

3. On what activity does the narrator try to instruct Zorba in Chapter 16?

4. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?

5. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?

Mimiko.

2. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.

3. On what activity does the narrator try to instruct Zorba in Chapter 16?

Meditation.

4. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?

Madame Hortense has grown very ill.

5. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.