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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?
(a) Rape and thievery.
(b) Feasts and birthdays.
(c) Carnivals and circuses.
(d) Wars and revolutions.

2. What does the narrator remember his friend teasing him about?
(a) Having family from Italy.
(b) Being a bookworm rather than an adventurer.
(c) Renting a lignite mine.
(d) Being too short.

3. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?
(a) Going to war.
(b) Mining.
(c) Playing a musical instrument.
(d) Sex.

4. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?
(a) He says that sexual thoughts can keep a person from being productive.
(b) He says that the need to have children keeps people from living full lives.
(c) He says that clothing that doesn't fit correctly restricts freedom.
(d) He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.

5. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?
(a) Five men suffocate to death.
(b) They find record amounts of lignite.
(c) It collapses.
(d) A baby is abandoned there.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the negotiations over land between Zorba and the abbot begin?

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

3. Who does Zorba claim was Hortense's greatest lover?

4. How does Zorba live his life?

5. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. How do the negotiations over land between Zorba and the abbot begin?

The abbot tries to charge more money than agreed upon.

2. 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.

3. Who does Zorba claim was Hortense's greatest lover?

Zorba.

4. How does Zorba live his life?

He lives like every day is his last.

5. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

He works on his writing.