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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?
(a) He promises to cook him soup and play him music.
(b) He promises to do all of his cooking and cleaning.
(c) He promises to make him a fortune.
(d) He promises to find him a wife.

3. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?
(a) He should tell her she's beautiful no matter what.
(b) He should lie to her about his other lovers.
(c) He should cook and clean for her.
(d) He should only spend time with her if he wants to marry her.

4. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?
(a) Rembrandt's "Warrior."
(b) Sampson from the Bible.
(c) The narrator.
(d) His father.

5. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) She mysteriously vanished.
(c) She went back to her home village to care for her sick mother.
(d) She eloped with a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Zorba give for having attacked his old boss?

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

3. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

4. Who does Zorba blame for Madame Hortense's promiscuity?

5. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What reason does Zorba give for having attacked his old boss?

He offers no excuse or reason.

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

Canavaro.

3. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

He throws his boss out of the mine.

4. Who does Zorba blame for Madame Hortense's promiscuity?

God.

5. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

He works on his writing.