2. About what does Zorba confront the miners?
(a) Leaving lanterns lit inside.
(b) Not following the proper safety procedures.
(c) Failing to get their picks before exiting.
(d) Taking long lunch breaks.

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

4. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?
(a) He begins the writing of his manuscript.
(b) He takes a long walk on the beach.
(c) He begins a romance with Madame Hortense.
(d) He makes a map of the mine.

5. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?
(a) He reads the Bible.
(b) He goes to the market.
(c) He discusses his plans for the mine with Zorba.
(d) He takes a stroll through the countryside.

6. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?
(a) Dame Hortense.
(b) A nun.
(c) A young widowed mother.
(d) A strange woman walking on the beach.

7. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?
(a) Communication.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Competition.
(d) Sexual.

8. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?
(a) He grows interested in philosophy.
(b) A priest crosses his path.
(c) He loses his job at the mine.
(d) He falls in love with a woman.

9. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?
(a) The village elder.
(b) The pharmacist.
(c) The local baker.
(d) The monks.

10. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?
(a) He cut part of his ear off because it was larger than the other.
(b) He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.
(c) He carried everyone's bags onto the ship.
(d) He brutally killed hundreds of people in the revolution.

11. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?
(a) He promises to make him a fortune.
(b) He promises to do all of his cooking and cleaning.
(c) He promises to find him a wife.
(d) He promises to cook him soup and play him music.

12. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?
(a) It was strangely colored.
(b) It was too big.
(c) It got in the way of his pottery.
(d) It hurt constantly.

13. What are the names of Zorba's two "half-honest" lovers?
(a) Sophinka and Noussa.
(b) Sophia and Cecilia.
(c) Madame Hortense and Anagnosti.
(d) Alexandra and Diana.

14. What does Zorba tell the narrator he should have done before going to bed the night before in chapter 4?
(a) He says the narrator should have told Dame Hortense how beautiful she is.
(b) Zorba tells him that he should have meditated.
(c) He tells the narrator that he should have made some work notes for the following day.
(d) He tells him he should have cleaned the house.

15. With what does the narrator begin to equate Buddha?
(a) The Void and the end of civilization.
(b) Successful mining operations.
(c) The onset of true peace.
(d) A new, evolved civilization.