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) Zorba.
(b) Women.
(c) Mankind.
(d) God.

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

3. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?
(a) Going to war.
(b) Mining.
(c) Sex.
(d) Playing a musical instrument.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

2. What reason does Zorba give for having attacked his old boss?

3. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

4. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?

5. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.

2. What reason does Zorba give for having attacked his old boss?

He offers no excuse or reason.

3. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.

4. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?

He demanded stories from his guests.

5. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?

Cruel authority.