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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?
(a) Has coffee with Zorba.
(b) Goes jogging.
(c) Goes straight to work.
(d) Smokes a pipe.

2. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?
(a) Ear.
(b) Toe.
(c) Finger.
(d) Arm.

3. What reason does the narrator give in his argument that Zorba should not pressure him to visit the widow?
(a) He needs to stay focused on his writing.
(b) He doesn't want to hurt the widow's feelings.
(c) Acting impulsively is his nature and he's trying to change.
(d) Acting impulsively is against his nature.

4. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?
(a) Kill his children.
(b) Hire him at the mine.
(c) Leave his celebration.
(d) Cast down his religion.

5. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?
(a) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.
(b) He says that a man should try foreign foods.
(c) He says that a man should have relations with many women.
(d) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

2. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

3. As the narrator gets to know the mine workers, what does he talk to them about?

4. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

5. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

An orgy.

2. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?

Dame Hortense.

3. As the narrator gets to know the mine workers, what does he talk to them about?

Socialist ideas.

4. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?

"God and the Devil!"

5. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

She wanted to be serenaded.