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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the narrator receive letters from in Chapter 12?
(a) His old friend and Karayannis.
(b) Karayannis and his father.
(c) His mother and his old friend.
(d) Karayannis and Zorba.

4. How does Zorba compare to Hortense's former lovers in her eyes?
(a) He is less sexually satisfying.
(b) He is not as exotic.
(c) He is not as handsome.
(d) He is not as good a conversationalist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Zorba blame for Madame Hortense's promiscuity?

2. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

3. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

4. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who does Zorba blame for Madame Hortense's promiscuity?

God.

2. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

The Void and the end of civilization.

3. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

He begins the writing of his manuscript.

4. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

Wars and revolutions.

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

Dante.