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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?
(a) Mankind.
(b) The narrator.
(c) God.
(d) Women.

3. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) Canavaro.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Mavrandoni.
(d) Her parrot.

4. How does Zorba live his life?
(a) He lives like every day is his last.
(b) He trusts that other people will show him how to live.
(c) He reads books that instruct him how to live.
(d) He moves about suspecting that everyone wants to hurt him.

5. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
(a) The brain.
(b) The achilles.
(c) The ears.
(d) The sexual organs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

3. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

4. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

5. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Zorba.

2. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

Never die.

3. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.

4. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

Dame Hortense.

5. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.