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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zorba describe God?
(a) He describes him as "ether."
(b) He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.
(c) He describes him as peaceful and quiet.
(d) He likens him to the mine.

2. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?
(a) Wars.
(b) Religious ceremonies.
(c) Carnivals.
(d) Movie theaters.

3. What does Zorba mean when he describes being married "dishonestly"?
(a) Sexual relationships that later lead to marriage.
(b) Any sexual adventure.
(c) Being married to two women at the same time.
(d) Marrying an Italian woman.

4. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?
(a) Being too short.
(b) Having family from Italy.
(c) Renting a lignite mine.
(d) Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

He promises to cook him soup and play him music.

2. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?

It got in the way of his pottery.

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.

4. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

He tells him that he has love for him.

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

They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.