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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?
(a) Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.
(b) Four chefs from Italy, France, Spain, and Poland.
(c) Four thieves from Crete.
(d) Two pilots from America and two from Germany.

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

3. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?
(a) It was too big.
(b) It hurt constantly.
(c) It got in the way of his pottery.
(d) It was strangely colored.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

3. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Fearfully.

2. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

3. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?

The two argued rather than expressing love.

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

The sexual organs.

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

Zorba.