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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As the narrator gets to know the mine workers, what does he talk to them about?
(a) Socialist ideas.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Religion.
(d) Women.

4. What does Zorba mean when he describes being married "dishonestly"?
(a) Any sexual adventure.
(b) Being married to two women at the same time.
(c) Sexual relationships that later lead to marriage.
(d) Marrying an Italian woman.

5. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?
(a) She wanted to be serenaded.
(b) She wanted the wars to end.
(c) She wanted to travel to Crete.
(d) She wanted a young husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zorba describe God?

2. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

5. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How does Zorba describe God?

He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.

2. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

Dame Hortense.

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

He tells him that he has love for him.

5. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

The tale of his birth.