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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?
(a) Captain.
(b) Bro.
(c) Boss.
(d) Sir.

2. What startling news does Zorba receive when he returns from Candia?
(a) He learns that he is expected to propose to Madame Hortense.
(b) He learns that he is going to be a father.
(c) He learns that the mine will soon close.
(d) He hears that a revolution is brewing on Crete.

3. Why does Zorba refuse to sleep with Madame Hortense in Chapter 19?
(a) He is unable to perform.
(b) It is lent.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He believes God wants them to wait until marriage.

4. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?
(a) He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.
(b) He says that clothing that doesn't fit correctly restricts freedom.
(c) He says that sexual thoughts can keep a person from being productive.
(d) He says that the need to have children keeps people from living full lives.

5. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?
(a) He had many lovers.
(b) He started a mining business.
(c) He demanded stories from his guests.
(d) He sailed around the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zorba live his life?

2. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?

3. How does Zorba describe God?

4. Who mocks the bishop's theories?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

2. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?

A war-like attempt to completely remove the prophet from his soul.

3. How does Zorba describe God?

He describes him as a crazier and wilder version of himself.

4. Who mocks the bishop's theories?

Zorba.

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

Eternity.