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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the first log is tested on the new railway?
(a) The whole structure shakes and the log is destroyed along the way.
(b) It rail system works well but is in need of a few minor adjustments.
(c) The structure shakes unsteadily, but the log makes it all the way.
(d) The structure is sound, and the log reaches its destination.

2. What happens when the fourth log is tested on the rail system?
(a) The system cracks and the log gets jammed.
(b) The system is still shaky, but the log reaches its destination.
(c) The operations appear to have been repaired to perfection.
(d) The entire system collapses.

3. While Zorba and the narrator are in the shop, who runs past the window?
(a) A fellow miner.
(b) A beautiful widow.
(c) A juggler.
(d) A paper boy.

4. What startles the narrator from his sleep at the monastery?
(a) A gun shot.
(b) A woman's screams.
(c) Singing.
(d) A loud argument.

5. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
(a) The ears.
(b) The brain.
(c) The sexual organs.
(d) The achilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

2. What gift does Madame Hortense present to Zorba when he returns from the monastery?

3. Why does Zorba refuse to sleep with Madame Hortense in Chapter 19?

4. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

5. With what does the narrator compare his lustful feelings for the widow to?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What story does Anagnosti tell at the celebration?

The tale of his birth.

2. What gift does Madame Hortense present to Zorba when he returns from the monastery?

A pair of wedding rings.

3. Why does Zorba refuse to sleep with Madame Hortense in Chapter 19?

It is lent.

4. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

3

5. With what does the narrator compare his lustful feelings for the widow to?

The temptation of Buddha by the Evil One.