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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?
(a) In a bar.
(b) At work.
(c) In his bedroom.
(d) On the beach.

4. How does Zorba feel about women?
(a) He feels closer to them than he does to men.
(b) He doesn't speak to them but looks constantly for a wife.
(c) He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.
(d) He believes they are intellectually superior to men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

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

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

4. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

5. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

The village elder.

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

Dante.

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

Never die.

4. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

3

5. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

The tale of his birth.