This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zorba watch the widow's home?
(a) He wants to make sure the narrator is not sneaking into her house.
(b) He wants to steal from her.
(c) He wants to protect her from Mimiko.
(d) He wants to make sure she is not going to bed alone.

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

3. About what does Zorba confront the miners?
(a) Failing to get their picks before exiting.
(b) Leaving lanterns lit inside.
(c) Taking long lunch breaks.
(d) Not following the proper safety procedures.

4. While Zorba is away, who invites the narrator to visit Africa?
(a) Karayannis.
(b) His soldier friend.
(c) Zorba.
(d) The narrator's older brother.

5. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?
(a) Leave the room.
(b) Talk about her love affairs.
(c) Profess her love for Zorba.
(d) Start crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

2. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?

3. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

4. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

5. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?

He says they are free to choose.

2. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?

Pursue a life of physical action.

3. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

He promises to cook him soup and play him music.

4. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

5. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?

He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.