This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?
(a) A nun.
(b) Dame Hortense.
(c) A strange woman walking on the beach.
(d) A young widowed mother.

2. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?
(a) The monks.
(b) The local baker.
(c) The pharmacist.
(d) The village elder.

3. How does Zorba live his life?
(a) He lives like every day is his last.
(b) He moves about suspecting that everyone wants to hurt him.
(c) He trusts that other people will show him how to live.
(d) He reads books that instruct him how to live.

4. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?
(a) He had many lovers.
(b) He started a mining business.
(c) He sailed around the world.
(d) He demanded stories from his guests.

5. What does Zorba tell the narrator he should have done before going to bed the night before in chapter 4?
(a) He says the narrator should have told Dame Hortense how beautiful she is.
(b) He tells him he should have cleaned the house.
(c) He tells the narrator that he should have made some work notes for the following day.
(d) Zorba tells him that he should have meditated.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

2. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

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

4. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?

5. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

He says they are free to choose.

2. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.

3. 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.

4. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?

He should tell her she's beautiful no matter what.

5. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?

He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.