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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?
(a) Several marriage ceremonies.
(b) The castration of pigs.
(c) The eating of elaborate cakes.
(d) The slaughter of sheep.

2. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?
(a) It collapses.
(b) Five men suffocate to death.
(c) A baby is abandoned there.
(d) They find record amounts of lignite.

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

4. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(b) He says they are free to choose.
(c) He says they are ungrateful.
(d) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.

5. How does Lola refer to Zorba?
(a) Son.
(b) Grandad.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Daddy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the narrator and Zorba do on Easter Sunday?

3. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?

4. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Because his books don't celebrate nature enough.

2. What do the narrator and Zorba do on Easter Sunday?

Make a feast for Madame Hortense.

3. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?

He calls a lunch break.

4. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.

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

It bleeds from a chiseled wound.