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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?
(a) Wars and revolutions.
(b) Rape and thievery.
(c) Feasts and birthdays.
(d) Carnivals and circuses.

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

3. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?
(a) Never die.
(b) Cook a delicious soup.
(c) Play a musical instrument when happy.
(d) Never leave Crete.

4. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?
(a) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.
(b) He says that a man should try foreign foods.
(c) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.
(d) He says that a man should have relations with many women.

5. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?
(a) Being too short.
(b) Renting a lignite mine.
(c) Having family from Italy.
(d) Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

2. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

3. How does Zorba live his life?

4. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

5. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

He wants to forget about Buddha.

2. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.

3. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

4. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

Dame Hortense.

5. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Finger.