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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zorba treat women for the most part?
(a) He belittles them in public.
(b) He acts as a servant to them.
(c) He is mostly very kind.
(d) He is physically abusive.

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

3. Why does Zorba travel to town in Chapter 12?
(a) To hire a prostitute.
(b) To buy supplies for the mine.
(c) To buy Madame Hortense many fine gifts.
(d) To find a new job.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

2. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

3. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

4. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

5. What are the names of Zorba's two "half-honest" lovers?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

The widow.

2. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

Canavaro.

3. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

Communication.

4. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

She eloped with a soldier.

5. What are the names of Zorba's two "half-honest" lovers?

Sophinka and Noussa.