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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) He plans to marry Madame Hortense for her great wealth.
(b) He plans to blast a new entrance to the mine.
(c) He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.
(d) He wants to build a ship so that he and his boss can sail around the world.

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

3. How does the narrator depict Madame Hortense?
(a) Comically and unattractively.
(b) As intensely beautiful.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Witchy.

4. What reason does the narrator give in his argument that Zorba should not pressure him to visit the widow?
(a) Acting impulsively is against his nature.
(b) He needs to stay focused on his writing.
(c) He doesn't want to hurt the widow's feelings.
(d) Acting impulsively is his nature and he's trying to change.

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) Canavaro.
(b) Mavrandoni.
(c) Her parrot.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

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

5. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

It got in the way of his pottery.

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

She wanted to be serenaded.

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?

Dame Hortense.

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

Boss.

5. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

He does not personally believe in God but believes religion is essential to civilization.