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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?
(a) Wars.
(b) Movie theaters.
(c) Religious ceremonies.
(d) Carnivals.

2. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) Her parrot.
(b) Mavrandoni.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Canavaro.

3. What or who does the narrator live for?
(a) Women.
(b) Zorba.
(c) Mankind.
(d) God.

4. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?
(a) Canavaro.
(b) Baudrillard.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Nowacka.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?

5. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Finger.

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

Fearfully.

3. 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.

4. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?

Cruel authority.

5. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

He promises to cook him soup and play him music.