This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?
(a) Arm.
(b) Ear.
(c) Finger.
(d) Toe.

2. What does the narrator's manuscript become for him?
(a) A blueprint for redesigning the mine.
(b) A guideline for feeling comfortable in the Void.
(c) A meditation on finding true peace.
(d) A war-like attempt to completely remove the prophet from his soul.

3. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?
(a) Zorba.
(b) A soldier.
(c) The narrator's grandfather.
(d) The narrator.

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

5. What does Zorba think is the best way to run the mine?
(a) A voting system.
(b) Bonus awards.
(c) Cruel authority.
(d) Volunteer work.

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

7. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Sex, work, and fat.
(b) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(c) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.
(d) Fear, love, and God.

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

9. What has historically impacted Crete and the Cretan people more than anything else?
(a) Carnivals.
(b) Movie theaters.
(c) Wars.
(d) Religious ceremonies.

10. What reason does Zorba give for having attacked his old boss?
(a) He says the man cheated him.
(b) He offers no excuse or reason.
(c) He claims the man kissed his girlfriend.
(d) He says the man tried to assault him first.

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

12. Under what conditions does Zorba say that Noussa left him?
(a) She eloped with a soldier.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She went back to her home village to care for her sick mother.
(d) She mysteriously vanished.

13. How does Lola refer to Zorba?
(a) Son.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Grandad.

14. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?
(a) She wanted a young husband.
(b) She wanted to travel to Crete.
(c) She wanted to be serenaded.
(d) She wanted the wars to end.

15. What exclamation does the first chapter conclude with?
(a) "Heaven and Hell!"
(b) "Monks and Demons!"
(c) "God and the Devil!"
(d) "Jesus and Satan!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give in his argument that Zorba should not pressure him to visit the widow?

2. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

3. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

4. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

5. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Short Answer Key

1. What reason does the narrator give in his argument that Zorba should not pressure him to visit the widow?

Acting impulsively is against his nature.

2. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

3

3. About what does Zorba confront the miners?

Failing to get their picks before exiting.

4. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.

5. At the feast at Noussa's house, what does Zorba say happened after he gave the toast?

An orgy.