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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What or who does Zorba live for?
(a) Mankind.
(b) Man as individual.
(c) God.
(d) Mining.

2. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?
(a) It cries tears of blood.
(b) It causes storms.
(c) It bleeds from a chiseled wound.
(d) It draws a warring army.

3. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) Her parrot.
(b) Mavrandoni.
(c) Canavaro.
(d) The narrator.

4. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?
(a) He says that a man should have relations with many women.
(b) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.
(c) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.
(d) He says that a man should try foreign foods.

5. What is the great plan that Zorba reveals to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) He plans to blast a new entrance to the mine.
(b) He plans to marry Madame Hortense for her great wealth.
(c) He wants to develop a cable system for transporting timber.
(d) He wants to build a ship so that he and his boss can sail around the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident on the beach mellows the narrator's restlessness?

2. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?

3. What does the narrator say about Hortense becoming a bride?

4. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?

5. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What incident on the beach mellows the narrator's restlessness?

He accidentally kills a butterfly.

2. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?

Buddha.

3. What does the narrator say about Hortense becoming a bride?

It takes away from her allure as a widow.

4. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?

White flowers blooming outside their window.

5. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?

Talk about her love affairs.