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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?
(a) They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.
(b) They agree to a double wedding when they reunite.
(c) They agree to fight in the war together.
(d) They agree to one day own a lignite mine together.
2. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?
(a) His father.
(b) Rembrandt's "Warrior."
(c) Sampson from the Bible.
(d) The narrator.
3. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?
(a) He begins a romance with Madame Hortense.
(b) He takes a long walk on the beach.
(c) He makes a map of the mine.
(d) He begins the writing of his manuscript.
4. As the narrator gets to know the mine workers, what does he talk to them about?
(a) Socialist ideas.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Women.
(d) Religion.
5. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?
(a) Sex.
(b) Going to war.
(c) Playing a musical instrument.
(d) Mining.
Short Answer Questions
1. What or who does Zorba live for?
2. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?
3. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?
4. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
5. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?
Multiple Choice Questions Key
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Short Answer Questions Key
1. What or who does Zorba live for?
Man as individual.
2. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?
The village elder.
3. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?
He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.
4. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
The sexual organs.
5. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?
In a bar.
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