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

2. With what does the narrator compare his lustful feelings for the widow to?
(a) The widow's garden.
(b) Walking on the beach at night.
(c) Not ever finding any lignite in the mine.
(d) The temptation of Buddha by the Evil One.

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

4. 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.

5. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?
(a) He romances Madame Hortense.
(b) He swims in the ocean.
(c) He also works in the mine.
(d) He works on his writing.

6. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Canavaro.
(c) Baudrillard.
(d) Nowacka.

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

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

9. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?
(a) He should lie to her about his other lovers.
(b) He should cook and clean for her.
(c) He should only spend time with her if he wants to marry her.
(d) He should tell her she's beautiful no matter what.

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. What painting does Zorba present to Madame Hortense?
(a) A painting of her as a goddess.
(b) A portrait of the two of them in front of a castle.
(c) A portrait of the two of them in a garden.
(d) A painting of her as a siren leading battleships.

15. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?
(a) Santuri.
(b) Crete.
(c) His best friend.
(d) Zorba.