This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator meets an old man on the trail, where does the man ask if he's headed?
(a) The pub.
(b) The garden.
(c) The convent.
(d) The river.

2. What part of the narrator's friendship with his absent friend is he sad about?
(a) He thinks his friend will find a new best friend.
(b) He thinks his friend hates him.
(c) The two argued rather than expressing love.
(d) The two got into a fist fight before his friend left.

3. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Pursue a life of physical action.
(c) Join a circus.
(d) Go to university.

4. How does Zorba feel about the narrator's false promises made while Zorba was in Candia?
(a) He is so angry that he ends their friendship.
(b) He is extremely sad but willing to follow through.
(c) He is thrilled.
(d) He is angry but willing to follow through on the promise.

5. After rescuing Zorba from being captured, what happens to the widow in his war story?
(a) He marries her and is with her for several years.
(b) She dies when Zorba sets her village on fire.
(c) She runs away to live in a distant village.
(d) She dies in childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

3. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

4. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?

5. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

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. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

Fearfully.

3. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?

Sex.

4. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?

Madame Hortense has grown very ill.

5. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

He wants to forget about Buddha.