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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon his return from Candia, what does Zorba encourage the narrator to quickly get started on?
(a) Building a monastery.
(b) Publication of his manuscript.
(c) Building a house for them to live in.
(d) The timber rail project.

2. In Chapter 16,what type of power does the narrator attempt to describe?
(a) The power of the rail system.
(b) The power of the mind concentrated on one thing.
(c) The power of the human body.
(d) The power of a sexual relationship.

3. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?
(a) Nowacka.
(b) Baudrillard.
(c) Canavaro.
(d) Johnson.

4. How does Zorba describe proposal and marriage?
(a) As something he has not and will never do.
(b) As a blessed union.
(c) As rarely successful.
(d) As "the trap."

5. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?
(a) They agree to fight in the war together.
(b) They agree to a double wedding when they reunite.
(c) They agree to one day own a lignite mine together.
(d) They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

2. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

3. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?

He begins the writing of his manuscript.

2. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.

3. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?

He requests that he return immediately.

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

She wanted to be serenaded.

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

Wars and revolutions.