1. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?
(a) Join a circus.
(b) Get married.
(c) Go to university.
(d) Pursue a life of physical action.

2. What does the narrator decide about the poetry he has always loved?
(a) It should be banned and removed from all libraries.
(b) It is a foundational part of his sophisticated world view.
(c) It is worthless and does not relate to the true human experience.
(d) It helped him get through his youth but is of little value now.

3. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?
(a) Dame Hortense.
(b) A village elder.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A monk.

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

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

6. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?
(a) He asks that he bring food when he returns.
(b) He asks that he never return.
(c) He requests that he double the supplies purchase.
(d) He requests that he return immediately.

7. With whom do the narrator and Zorba enjoy Christmas Eve dinner?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) The widow.
(d) Mimiko.

8. What does Zorba mean when he describes being married "dishonestly"?
(a) Sexual relationships that later lead to marriage.
(b) Being married to two women at the same time.
(c) Marrying an Italian woman.
(d) Any sexual adventure.

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

10. How does Zorba live his life?
(a) He moves about suspecting that everyone wants to hurt him.
(b) He trusts that other people will show him how to live.
(c) He lives like every day is his last.
(d) He reads books that instruct him how to live.

11. What is the name of the new friend the narrator makes at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Santuri.
(b) The Devil.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Crete.

12. How does Zorba feel about women?
(a) He doesn't speak to them but looks constantly for a wife.
(b) He believes they are intellectually superior to men.
(c) He does not take them seriously but enjoys them physically.
(d) He feels closer to them than he does to men.

13. What does Zorba's gift prompt Madame Hortense to do?
(a) Talk about her love affairs.
(b) Profess her love for Zorba.
(c) Start crying.
(d) Leave the room.

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

15. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?
(a) It exhibits the excellence of true love.
(b) It makes an example of the inefficiency of bookworms.
(c) It offers instruction on running a mine.
(d) It emphasizes the virtue of possessing nothing.