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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3

2. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?
(a) He should lie to her about his other lovers.
(b) He should tell her she's beautiful no matter what.
(c) He should cook and clean for her.
(d) He should only spend time with her if he wants to marry her.

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

4. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says they are ungrateful.
(b) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.
(c) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(d) He says they are free to choose.

5. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?
(a) He thinks his friend will find a new best friend.
(b) The two got into a fist fight before his friend left.
(c) He thinks his friend hates him.
(d) The two argued rather than expressing love.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?

2. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

3. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

4. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

5. What or who does the narrator live for?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?

Rembrandt's "Warrior."

2. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

Wars and revolutions.

3. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

The sexual organs.

4. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

Dame Hortense.

5. What or who does the narrator live for?

God.