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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zorba compare to Hortense's former lovers in her eyes?
(a) He is not as good a conversationalist.
(b) He is not as handsome.
(c) He is not as exotic.
(d) He is less sexually satisfying.

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

3. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?
(a) Killed a woman.
(b) Been to Italy.
(c) Fathered a child.
(d) Fought in a war.

4. Why does the narrator feel like he can forget about the Enlightened One?
(a) His sexual relationship is more fulfilling that meditation.
(b) He has finished his Buddha Manuscript.
(c) Mining is all that he cares about now.
(d) He has become engrossed with the physical world.

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

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

7. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?
(a) Zorba has grown very ill.
(b) The widow appears to be pregnant.
(c) Madame Hortense has grown very ill.
(d) The widow has fallen from a cliff.

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

9. What do the narrator and Zorba do on Easter Sunday?
(a) Make a feast for Madame Hortense.
(b) Make a feast for the village orphans.
(c) Swim in the ocean.
(d) Walk into Candia.

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

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

12. After rescuing Zorba from being captured, what happens to the widow in his war story?
(a) He marries her and is with her for several years.
(b) She runs away to live in a distant village.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) She dies when Zorba sets her village on fire.

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

14. From whom must Zorba and the narrator rent land for the timber rail project?
(a) The governor of Crete.
(b) Anagnosti.
(c) Monks at the monastery.
(d) Madame Hortense.

15. How does Zorba change his appearance while in Candia?
(a) He bought new gold hoop earrings.
(b) He dyed his hair black.
(c) He grew a beard.
(d) He shaved his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba ask the narrator to explain to him in Chapter 24?

2. When the narrator meets an old man on the trail, where does the man ask if he's headed?

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

4. When he arrives in Candia, what news does the narrator receive?

5. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Short Answer Key

1. What does Zorba ask the narrator to explain to him in Chapter 24?

Death and why people die.

2. When the narrator meets an old man on the trail, where does the man ask if he's headed?

The convent.

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

The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed Zaharia.

4. When he arrives in Candia, what news does the narrator receive?

His friend Stavridaki has died.

5. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?

The old man does not treat his wife as an equal.