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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to learn to play a musical instrument.
(b) He wants to find a lover.
(c) He wants to become an excellent cook.
(d) He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.

2. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says they are ungrateful.
(b) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(c) He says they are free to choose.
(d) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.

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

4. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?
(a) Zorba weds Madame Hortense.
(b) The narrator holds a celebration for the mine's reopening.
(c) Zorba celebrates the beginning of the railway construction.
(d) A newborn baby is baptized.

5. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) Fat and manure.
(b) Work.
(c) God.
(d) Love and kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?

2. How does Zorba live his life?

3. What language does Zorba teach the narrator in chapter 25?

4. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does Zorba indicate would be the worst thing the narrator could do to Anagnosti?

Cast down his religion.

2. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

3. What language does Zorba teach the narrator in chapter 25?

Dance.

4. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?

Fought in a war.

5. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Failing to get their picks before exiting.