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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Zorba's response when the narrator asks him how many times he has been married?
(a) Once honestly and twice half-honestly.
(b) Twice honestly and once half-honestly.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

2. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?
(a) She went back to her home village to care for her sick mother.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She eloped with a soldier.
(d) She mysteriously vanished.

3. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?
(a) Manolakus.
(b) Anagnosti.
(c) Mimiko.
(d) Zorba.

4. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) A love story.
(c) The ancient civilization of Crete.
(d) The tale of his birth.

5. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?
(a) The widow.
(b) Mimiko.
(c) Madame Hortense.
(d) Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

3. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

4. What or who does the narrator live for?

5. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

2. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

Dame Hortense.

3. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

"God and the Devil!"

4. What or who does the narrator live for?

God.

5. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?

They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.