This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason does Zorba give for having attacked his old boss?
(a) He says the man tried to assault him first.
(b) He says the man cheated him.
(c) He claims the man kissed his girlfriend.
(d) He offers no excuse or reason.

3. 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) He thinks his friend hates him.
(c) The two got into a fist fight before his friend left.
(d) The two argued rather than expressing love.

4. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?
(a) Toe.
(b) Ear.
(c) Arm.
(d) Finger.

5. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?
(a) Cook a delicious soup.
(b) Never leave Crete.
(c) Play a musical instrument when happy.
(d) Never die.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

3. What is the name of the new friend the narrator makes at the beginning of the novel?

4. How does Zorba feel about women?

5. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

2. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.

3. What is the name of the new friend the narrator makes at the beginning of the novel?

Zorba.

4. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.

5. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?

He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.