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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?
(a) Four chefs from Italy, France, Spain, and Poland.
(b) Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.
(c) Two pilots from America and two from Germany.
(d) Four thieves from Crete.

2. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?
(a) He throws his boss out of the mine.
(b) He tells his boss that they are lazy.
(c) He asks his boss to get them lunch.
(d) He asks his boss to record the men's work hours.

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

4. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?
(a) It hurt constantly.
(b) It was too big.
(c) It was strangely colored.
(d) It got in the way of his pottery.

5. What is the name of the new friend the narrator makes at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Santuri.
(c) Crete.
(d) Zorba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?

4. How does Zorba describe God?

5. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?

Because his books don't celebrate nature enough.

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

Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.

3. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?

Smokes a pipe.

4. How does Zorba describe God?

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

5. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?

He says it will disrupt the island's way of life without offering solutions for making it better.