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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?
(a) Cruel authority.
(b) A voting system.
(c) Bonus awards.
(d) Volunteer work.

2. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?
(a) Anagnosti.
(b) Mimiko.
(c) Manolakus.
(d) Zorba.

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

4. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?
(a) It bleeds from a chiseled wound.
(b) It draws a warring army.
(c) It cries tears of blood.
(d) It causes storms.

5. How does Zorba say that he gets rid of intense longings?
(a) Ignoring the passionate thoughts.
(b) Meditation and abstinence.
(c) Stuffing himself gluttonously with the desired thing.
(d) Self-moderation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

2. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

3. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

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

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

The village elder.

2. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?

The Void and the end of civilization.

3. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

Canavaro.

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

The two argued rather than expressing love.

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Failing to get their picks before exiting.