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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Fear, love, and God.
(b) Sex, work, and fat.
(c) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(d) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.

2. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?
(a) "Monks and Demons!"
(b) "Heaven and Hell!"
(c) "God and the Devil!"
(d) "Jesus and Satan!"

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. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?
(a) Wars and revolutions.
(b) Carnivals and circuses.
(c) Rape and thievery.
(d) Feasts and birthdays.

5. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?
(a) He says that clothing that doesn't fit correctly restricts freedom.
(b) He says that the need to have children keeps people from living full lives.
(c) He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.
(d) He says that sexual thoughts can keep a person from being productive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

2. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

3. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?

4. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?

Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.

2. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

The sexual organs.

3. Why does Zorba suggest that the narrator should burn his library?

Because his books don't celebrate nature enough.

4. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

Boss.

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

It got in the way of his pottery.