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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the narrator want the widow even more?
(a) He gets a letter from a family member.
(b) He learns to mine.
(c) He has a brush with death.
(d) He reads a love story.

2. What concept does the narrator come up with when formulating his ideas about death?
(a) Spirit of the body.
(b) Sacred awe.
(c) Sacred body.
(d) Death by philosophy.

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Dante.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

5. What message does the narrator tell Madame Hortense that Zorba has sent from Candia?
(a) He says that Zorba wants to stay longer in the city.
(b) He reports that Zorba has said he wants a raise.
(c) He tells her that Zorba says he is never returning.
(d) He tells her that Zorba has proposed marriage to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

2. What is the statue of Our Lady of Revenge notorious for?

3. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

4. In Chapter 11, what does the narrator do when he sees the widow?

5. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

The old man does not treat his wife as an equal.

2. What is the statue of Our Lady of Revenge notorious for?

Killing an Algerian army.

3. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?

She eloped with a soldier.

4. In Chapter 11, what does the narrator do when he sees the widow?

Nothing. He is unable to approach her.

5. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.