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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?
(a) Finger.
(b) Arm.
(c) Ear.
(d) Toe.

2. Who publicly defends the accused and attempts to break up the mob which seeks justice for Pavli's death?
(a) Zorba.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Mimiko.
(d) Anagnosti.

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

4. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?
(a) At work.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In a bar.
(d) In his bedroom.

5. For what action is Zorba trying to make up for by his actions in Chapter 18?
(a) Cheating the abbot.
(b) All of the stealing he did as a young boy.
(c) Spending all of the narrator's money in Candia.
(d) Proposing to Madame Hortense.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Zorba change his appearance while in Candia?

3. How does Zorba feel about women?

4. What or who does Zorba live for?

5. What message does the narrator tell Madame Hortense that Zorba has sent from Candia?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

2. How does Zorba change his appearance while in Candia?

He dyed his hair black.

3. How does Zorba feel about women?

He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.

4. What or who does Zorba live for?

Man as individual.

5. What message does the narrator tell Madame Hortense that Zorba has sent from Candia?

He tells her that Zorba has proposed marriage to her.