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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) Fat and manure.
(b) Work.
(c) God.
(d) Love and kindness.

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

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

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

5. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?
(a) They agree to fight in the war together.
(b) They agree to one day own a lignite mine together.
(c) They agree to a double wedding when they reunite.
(d) They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

2. How does Zorba feel about women?

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

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

He throws his boss out of the mine.

2. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.

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

Dante.

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

He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.

5. 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.