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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lola refer to Zorba?
(a) Son.
(b) Grandad.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Uncle.

2. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Competition.
(d) Communication.

3. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?
(a) Renting a lignite mine.
(b) Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.
(c) Being too short.
(d) Having family from Italy.

4. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) His immediate passions.
(d) His "honest" wife.

5. Why does Zorba travel to town in Chapter 12?
(a) To buy supplies for the mine.
(b) To hire a prostitute.
(c) To find a new job.
(d) To buy Madame Hortense many fine gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?

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

3. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?

4. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?

Rembrandt's "Warrior."

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

Pursue a life of physical action.

3. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?

Madame Hortense.

4. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

The old man does not treat his wife as an equal.

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Failing to get their picks before exiting.