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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?
(a) It collapses.
(b) Five men suffocate to death.
(c) A baby is abandoned there.
(d) They find record amounts of lignite.

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

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

4. Upon his return from Candia, what does Zorba encourage the narrator to quickly get started on?
(a) Publication of his manuscript.
(b) Building a house for them to live in.
(c) The timber rail project.
(d) Building a monastery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

2. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?

3. What does Zorba say prompted him to quit the army?

4. Why does Zorba watch the widow's home?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Finger.

2. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?

They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.

3. What does Zorba say prompted him to quit the army?

Seeing the orphans of a priest he killed.

4. Why does Zorba watch the widow's home?

He wants to make sure she is not going to bed alone.

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

Zorba.