This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?
(a) He says that clothing that doesn't fit correctly restricts freedom.
(b) He says that sexual thoughts can keep a person from being productive.
(c) He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.
(d) He says that the need to have children keeps people from living full lives.

2. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?
(a) He fires several miners.
(b) He leaves the mine without speaking.
(c) He calls a lunch break.
(d) He fires Zorba.

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

4. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?
(a) He goes to the market.
(b) He discusses his plans for the mine with Zorba.
(c) He takes a stroll through the countryside.
(d) He reads the Bible.

5. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Sex, work, and fat.
(b) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.
(c) Fear, love, and God.
(d) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?

2. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?

3. What or who does Zorba live for?

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

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?

Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.

2. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?

Cast down his religion.

3. What or who does Zorba live for?

Man as individual.

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

The village elder.

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Failing to get their picks before exiting.