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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?
(a) Religious ceremonies.
(b) Movie theaters.
(c) Wars.
(d) Carnivals.

2. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) At work.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In a bar.

3. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?
(a) A soldier.
(b) The narrator's grandfather.
(c) Zorba.
(d) The narrator.

4. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?
(a) A human skeleton.
(b) An ancient inscribed tablet.
(c) The ruins of a Minoan city.
(d) A cave.

5. What makes the narrator want the widow even more?
(a) He gets a letter from a family member.
(b) He learns to mine.
(c) He reads a love story.
(d) He has a brush with death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?

3. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?

4. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

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

Wars and revolutions.

2. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?

Cruel authority.

3. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?

Eternity.

4. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?

A priest crosses his path.

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

He requests that he return immediately.