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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?
(a) It draws a warring army.
(b) It causes storms.
(c) It cries tears of blood.
(d) It bleeds from a chiseled wound.

2. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?
(a) The widow has fallen from a cliff.
(b) The widow appears to be pregnant.
(c) Zorba has grown very ill.
(d) Madame Hortense has grown very ill.

3. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?
(a) With hatred.
(b) With ridicule.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) Fearfully.

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

5. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?
(a) He had many lovers.
(b) He sailed around the world.
(c) He demanded stories from his guests.
(d) He started a mining business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

2. How does the narrator depict Madame Hortense?

3. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?

4. How does Zorba describe proposal and marriage?

5. From whom must Zorba and the narrator rent land for the timber rail project?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

He takes a stroll through the countryside.

2. How does the narrator depict Madame Hortense?

Comically and unattractively.

3. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?

Talk about her love affairs.

4. How does Zorba describe proposal and marriage?

As "the trap."

5. From whom must Zorba and the narrator rent land for the timber rail project?

Monks at the monastery.