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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?
(a) He tells him that he has love for him.
(b) He suggests they not see one another again.
(c) He tells him that he wishes he too were at war.
(d) He reveals his plans for the mine.

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

3. What startling news does Zorba receive when he returns from Candia?
(a) He hears that a revolution is brewing on Crete.
(b) He learns that the mine will soon close.
(c) He learns that he is expected to propose to Madame Hortense.
(d) He learns that he is going to be a father.

4. Who challenges Zorba to a knife fight near the widow's garden?
(a) Manolakas.
(b) Pavli's ghost.
(c) Mavrandoni.
(d) Dimitri.

5. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Fear, love, and God.
(b) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.
(c) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(d) Sex, work, and fat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

3. How does the narrator respond to the bishop's theories on religion?

4. Why does Zorba travel to town in Chapter 12?

5. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Make a feast for Madame Hortense.

2. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

Boss.

3. How does the narrator respond to the bishop's theories on religion?

"Those theories may save many souls."

4. Why does Zorba travel to town in Chapter 12?

To buy supplies for the mine.

5. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.