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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator respond to the bishop's theories on religion?
(a) "Those theories would benefit from inclusion of my theory."
(b) "Those theories cannot help a man of the world."
(c) "Those theories may save many souls."
(d) "Those theories fall short of a true God."

2. For what action is Zorba trying to make up for by his actions in Chapter 18?
(a) Proposing to Madame Hortense.
(b) Spending all of the narrator's money in Candia.
(c) Cheating the abbot.
(d) All of the stealing he did as a young boy.

3. Why does Pavli commit suicide?
(a) He was fired from the mine.
(b) He felt he was not talented enough to please his father.
(c) He could not understand the nature of God.
(d) He was in love with someone not in love with him.

4. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?
(a) An ancient inscribed tablet.
(b) The ruins of a Minoan city.
(c) A human skeleton.
(d) A cave.

5. Who do Zorba and the narrator meet as they climb the mountain?
(a) Pavli's ghost.
(b) Zaharia.
(c) Demetrios.
(d) A patron saint.

6. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?
(a) Zorba weds Madame Hortense.
(b) A newborn baby is baptized.
(c) The narrator holds a celebration for the mine's reopening.
(d) Zorba celebrates the beginning of the railway construction.

7. Why does Zorba refuse to sleep with Madame Hortense in Chapter 19?
(a) He is unable to perform.
(b) It is lent.
(c) He believes God wants them to wait until marriage.
(d) He is ill.

8. On what activity does the narrator try to instruct Zorba in Chapter 16?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Writing his thoughts down.
(d) Playing the Santuri.

9. What does Demetrios want to show Zorba and the narrator?
(a) The well.
(b) His clay nun.
(c) His art collection.
(d) His library.

10. Who claims the right to pronounce judgment on the widow regarding Pavli's death?
(a) Anagnosti.
(b) Mavrandoni.
(c) Manolakas.
(d) Zorba.

11. Who challenges Zorba to a knife fight near the widow's garden?
(a) Pavli's ghost.
(b) Manolakas.
(c) Mavrandoni.
(d) Dimitri.

12. What is the statue of Our Lady of Revenge notorious for?
(a) Killing all of Crete's thieves.
(b) Killing a group of sinful monks.
(c) Killing greedy landowners.
(d) Killing an Algerian army.

13. When the narrator loses everything, what does he find?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Death.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Intense sorrow.

14. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Zorba.
(c) The widow.
(d) Mining.

15. What does the narrator promise to binge on so that he no longer desires it?
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon his return from Candia, what does Zorba encourage the narrator to quickly get started on?

2. What message does the narrator tell Madame Hortense that Zorba has sent from Candia?

3. How does Zorba feel about the narrator's false promises made while Zorba was in Candia?

4. What miracle do the monks come down from the mountain to share?

5. What concept does the narrator come up with when formulating his ideas about death?

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Short Answer Key

1. Upon his return from Candia, what does Zorba encourage the narrator to quickly get started on?

The timber rail project.

2. What message does the narrator tell Madame Hortense that Zorba has sent from Candia?

He tells her that Zorba has proposed marriage to her.

3. How does Zorba feel about the narrator's false promises made while Zorba was in Candia?

He is angry but willing to follow through on the promise.

4. What miracle do the monks come down from the mountain to share?

The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed Zaharia.

5. What concept does the narrator come up with when formulating his ideas about death?

Sacred awe.