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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to learn to play a musical instrument.
(b) He wants to become an excellent cook.
(c) He wants to find a lover.
(d) He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.

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

3. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?
(a) He asks his boss to record the men's work hours.
(b) He throws his boss out of the mine.
(c) He tells his boss that they are lazy.
(d) He asks his boss to get them lunch.

4. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?
(a) He brutally killed hundreds of people in the revolution.
(b) He cut part of his ear off because it was larger than the other.
(c) He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.
(d) He carried everyone's bags onto the ship.

5. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) He wants to build a ship so that he and his boss can sail around the world.
(b) He plans to blast a new entrance to the mine.
(c) He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.
(d) He plans to marry Madame Hortense for her great wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

2. What or who does Zorba live for?

3. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?

4. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

5. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

Boss.

2. What or who does Zorba live for?

Man as individual.

3. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?

Mankind.

4. 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.

5. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

He works on his writing.