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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Dante.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Virgil.

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

3. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?
(a) He takes a stroll through the countryside.
(b) He reads the Bible.
(c) He discusses his plans for the mine with Zorba.
(d) He goes to the market.

4. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?
(a) Rembrandt's "Warrior."
(b) Sampson from the Bible.
(c) The narrator.
(d) His father.

5. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?
(a) He asks his boss to record the men's work hours.
(b) He asks his boss to get them lunch.
(c) He throws his boss out of the mine.
(d) He tells his boss that they are lazy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

3. What or who does Zorba live for?

4. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?

5. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

2. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

Fearfully.

3. What or who does Zorba live for?

Man as individual.

4. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?

It emphasizes the virtue of possessing nothing.

5. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

"God and the Devil!"