1. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?
(a) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.
(b) He says that a man should try foreign foods.
(c) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.
(d) He says that a man should have relations with many women.

2. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?
(a) Mankind.
(b) Women.
(c) God.
(d) The narrator.

3. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?
(a) The widow.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) Noussa.
(d) The long lost love of his life.

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

5. 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) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.
(c) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(d) Fear, love, and God.

6. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
(a) The sexual organs.
(b) The brain.
(c) The achilles.
(d) The ears.

7. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?
(a) He is a Christian.
(b) He does not personally believe in God but believes religion is essential to civilization.
(c) He looks to Anagnosti for all of his religious questions and shares his beliefs.
(d) He believes in a higher power but not in religion.

8. 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 the people of Crete believe in equality of the sexes already.
(d) He says that Anagnosti will kill him if he does.

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

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

11. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?
(a) At work.
(b) In a bar.
(c) In his bedroom.
(d) On the beach.

12. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?
(a) Never leave Crete.
(b) Cook a delicious soup.
(c) Play a musical instrument when happy.
(d) Never die.

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

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

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