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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?
(a) Dame Hortense.
(b) A young widowed mother.
(c) A strange woman walking on the beach.
(d) A nun.

2. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?
(a) His best friend.
(b) Santuri.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Crete.

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?
(a) Has coffee with Zorba.
(b) Smokes a pipe.
(c) Goes jogging.
(d) Goes straight to work.

4. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?
(a) Cruel authority.
(b) A voting system.
(c) Bonus awards.
(d) Volunteer work.

5. What or who does Zorba live for?
(a) Mining.
(b) God.
(c) Man as individual.
(d) Mankind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

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

4. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?

Wars.

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

Rembrandt's "Warrior."

4. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?

Mankind.

5. 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.