This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Demetrios want to show Zorba and the narrator?
(a) His art collection.
(b) His clay nun.
(c) His library.
(d) The well.

2. From whom must Zorba and the narrator rent land for the timber rail project?
(a) Anagnosti.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) Monks at the monastery.
(d) The governor of Crete.

3. How does Zorba feel about women?
(a) He doesn't speak to them but looks constantly for a wife.
(b) He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.
(c) He believes they are intellectually superior to men.
(d) He feels closer to them than he does to men.

4. Who do Zorba and the narrator meet as they climb the mountain?
(a) Pavli's ghost.
(b) Demetrios.
(c) A patron saint.
(d) Zaharia.

5. What startles the narrator from his sleep at the monastery?
(a) A woman's screams.
(b) A loud argument.
(c) Singing.
(d) A gun shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

2. On what activity does the narrator try to instruct Zorba in Chapter 16?

3. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?

4. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

5. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?

It refuses to grow old.

2. On what activity does the narrator try to instruct Zorba in Chapter 16?

Meditation.

3. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?

Pursue a life of physical action.

4. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

God.

5. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

Communication.