2. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?
(a) He says it is all lies anyway.
(b) He says it will disrupt the island's way of life without offering solutions for making it better.
(c) He says that Anagnosti will kill him if he does.
(d) He says that the people of Crete believe in equality of the sexes already.

3. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?
(a) He calls a lunch break.
(b) He leaves the mine without speaking.
(c) He fires Zorba.
(d) He fires several miners.

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

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

6. What is the narrator's second goal at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to find a lover.
(b) He wants to become an excellent cook.
(c) He wants to learn to play a musical instrument.
(d) He wants to be more grounded in the physical world of men.

7. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?
(a) Manolakus.
(b) Anagnosti.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Mimiko.

8. What or who does the narrator live for?
(a) Women.
(b) Zorba.
(c) Mankind.
(d) God.

9. Who does the narrator receive letters from in Chapter 12?
(a) His old friend and Karayannis.
(b) Karayannis and his father.
(c) His mother and his old friend.
(d) Karayannis and Zorba.

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

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

12. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?
(a) Fat and manure.
(b) God.
(c) Love and kindness.
(d) Work.

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

14. While Zorba is away, who invites the narrator to visit Africa?
(a) The narrator's older brother.
(b) Zorba.
(c) His soldier friend.
(d) Karayannis.

15. What or who does Zorba live for?
(a) Mankind.
(b) God.
(c) Mining.
(d) Man as individual.