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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the celebration in Chapter 5?
(a) The eating of elaborate cakes.
(b) The castration of pigs.
(c) Several marriage ceremonies.
(d) The slaughter of sheep.

2. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?
(a) Zorba.
(b) Santuri.
(c) Crete.
(d) His best friend.

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

4. 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 have relations with many women.
(c) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.
(d) He says that a man should try foreign foods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?

2. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

3. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?

4. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?

Madame Hortense.

2. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.

3. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?

The two argued rather than expressing love.

4. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?

Wars and revolutions.

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.