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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?
(a) He grows interested in philosophy.
(b) He loses his job at the mine.
(c) A priest crosses his path.
(d) He falls in love with a woman.

2. 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) Fear, love, and God.
(c) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(d) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.

3. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?
(a) He should only spend time with her if he wants to marry her.
(b) He should cook and clean for her.
(c) He should lie to her about his other lovers.
(d) He should tell her she's beautiful no matter what.

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

5. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?
(a) Cast down his religion.
(b) Hire him at the mine.
(c) Kill his children.
(d) Leave his celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

2. How does Zorba live his life?

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

4. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

5. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

She wanted to be serenaded.

2. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

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

Canavaro.

4. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

She eloped with a soldier.

5. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

An orgy.