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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does the monk Zaharia bring in Chapter 24?
(a) He has burned down the monastery.
(b) He has quit his life at the monastery.
(c) He robbed the monastery.
(d) He wants to become a lignite miner.

2. In Chapter 16,what type of power does the narrator attempt to describe?
(a) The power of a sexual relationship.
(b) The power of the human body.
(c) The power of the rail system.
(d) The power of the mind concentrated on one thing.

3. Who does Zaharia say inspired his mission?
(a) The abbot.
(b) The Holy Spirit.
(c) Archangel Michael.
(d) Demetrios.

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

5. Who kills the widow and how is it done?
(a) Zorba accidentally shoots her while trying to shoot Manolakas.
(b) Mavrandoni stabs her in the heart.
(c) Manolakas cuts her head off.
(d) Mavrandoni cuts her head off.

6. What does Zorba learn when he awakens from a dream in Chapter 23?
(a) The narrator has decided to leave Crete.
(b) The narrator's old friend is taking over as foreman of the mine.
(c) Madame Hortense is dying.
(d) The narrator is dying.

7. What miracle do the monks come down from the mountain to share?
(a) Zaharia saved a man through meditation.
(b) Zaharia has reached enlightenment.
(c) The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed an army of invaders.
(d) The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed Zaharia.

8. What does the narrator say about Hortense becoming a bride?
(a) It makes her more respectable.
(b) It is likely to have a negative impact on business.
(c) It makes her glow.
(d) It takes away from her allure as a widow.

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

10. What gift does Madame Hortense present to Zorba when he returns from the monastery?
(a) A new pair of pants.
(b) A small clay statue.
(c) A pair of wedding rings.
(d) A boat.

11. Who closes Hortense's eyes when she dies?
(a) Zorba.
(b) Anagnosti.
(c) The narrator.
(d) A priest.

12. What does the narrator tell Zorba that they will one day build?
(a) The monastery of free men.
(b) A statue of Buddha.
(c) A new cable rail system.
(d) A house near the mine.

13. Who mocks the bishop's theories?
(a) Demetrios.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Gavrili.
(d) Zorba.

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

15. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?
(a) The old man does not treat his wife as an equal.
(b) The old man insists that it's sinful to mark one's preference for certain foods.
(c) The old man smokes too many cigarettes.
(d) The old man talks too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Gavrili in the night at the monastery?

2. Why does the narrator feel like he can forget about the Enlightened One?

3. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?

4. Whose death is sought after to avenge Pavli's death?

5. Who does Zorba claim was Hortense's greatest lover?

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Short Answer Key

1. What happens to Gavrili in the night at the monastery?

He is murdered by his lover.

2. Why does the narrator feel like he can forget about the Enlightened One?

He has finished his Buddha Manuscript.

3. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?

White flowers blooming outside their window.

4. Whose death is sought after to avenge Pavli's death?

The widow.

5. Who does Zorba claim was Hortense's greatest lover?

Zorba.