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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(b) Fear, love, and God.
(c) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.
(d) Sex, work, and fat.

2. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?
(a) Sampson from the Bible.
(b) Rembrandt's "Warrior."
(c) The narrator.
(d) His father.

3. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?
(a) Sir.
(b) Boss.
(c) Captain.
(d) Bro.

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

5. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to improve his vocabulary.
(b) He wants to forget about Buddha.
(c) He wants to grow his hair long.
(d) He wants to learn to meditate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

2. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?

3. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?

4. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.

2. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?

In a bar.

3. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?

He says it will disrupt the island's way of life without offering solutions for making it better.

4. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

The village elder.

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

The two argued rather than expressing love.