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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?
(a) He cut part of his ear off because it was larger than the other.
(b) He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.
(c) He carried everyone's bags onto the ship.
(d) He brutally killed hundreds of people in the revolution.

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

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

4. What is the name of the new friend the narrator makes at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Zorba.
(b) Crete.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Santuri.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

4. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

5. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Dame Hortense.

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

Cruel authority.

3. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

Zorba.

4. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

She wanted to be serenaded.

5. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?

Zorba.