This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Zorba adopt when Hortense dies?
(a) Pavli.
(b) Hortense's parrot.
(c) Hortense's daughter.
(d) Dimitri.

2. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Rembrandt's "Warrior."
(c) His father.
(d) Sampson from the Bible.

3. 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 try foreign foods.
(c) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.
(d) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.

4. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?
(a) He asks that he never return.
(b) He asks that he bring food when he returns.
(c) He requests that he double the supplies purchase.
(d) He requests that he return immediately.

5. Who closes Hortense's eyes when she dies?
(a) Anagnosti.
(b) Zorba.
(c) A priest.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?

2. Who does Zorba blame for Madame Hortense's promiscuity?

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

4. How does Zorba live his life?

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

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?

Madame Hortense.

2. Who does Zorba blame for Madame Hortense's promiscuity?

God.

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

He wants to forget about Buddha.

4. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

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

Seeing the orphans of a priest he killed.