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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?
(a) Santuri.
(b) His best friend.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Crete.

3. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?
(a) With ridicule.
(b) Joyfully.
(c) Fearfully.
(d) With hatred.

4. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?
(a) Religious ceremonies.
(b) Wars.
(c) Movie theaters.
(d) Carnivals.

5. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Canavaro.
(c) Baudrillard.
(d) Nowacka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

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

3. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

4. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Finger.

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

Never die.

3. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

He begins the writing of his manuscript.

4. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?

The castration of pigs.

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

Canavaro.