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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) Love and kindness.
(b) Fat and manure.
(c) Work.
(d) God.

4. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?
(a) Boss.
(b) Captain.
(c) Sir.
(d) Bro.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

3. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?

4. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

5. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

He wants to forget about Buddha.

2. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.

3. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?

Once honestly and twice half-honestly.

4. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

Zorba.

5. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.