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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?
(a) Madame Hortense.
(b) Mimiko.
(c) Buddha.
(d) The widow.

2. In a letter to the narrator, Zorba indicates that he has a devil living inside of him who is like Zorba in every way except what?
(a) It has warts.
(b) It does not like romance.
(c) It loves philosophy.
(d) It refuses to grow old.

3. How did Zorba temporarily keep track of his sexual relationships?
(a) He recorded the names of the women in a small book.
(b) He cut off a lock of each lover's hair.
(c) He carved notches in the side of a boat.
(d) He asked his mother to remember his list of lovers.

4. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?
(a) It hurt constantly.
(b) It was strangely colored.
(c) It got in the way of his pottery.
(d) It was too big.

5. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?
(a) She wanted to be serenaded.
(b) She wanted a young husband.
(c) She wanted the wars to end.
(d) She wanted to travel to Crete.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?

2. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?

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

4. How does Zorba live his life?

5. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?

Smokes a pipe.

2. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?

It is worthless and does not relate to the true human experience.

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

The Void and the end of civilization.

4. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

5. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

Zorba.