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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zorba suggest the narrator will need to become completely free?
(a) A green stone.
(b) True love.
(c) Great wealth.
(d) Folly.

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

4. What happens to Gavrili in the night at the monastery?
(a) He thinks he hears God speaking to him.
(b) He is held hostage by invaders.
(c) He is murdered by his lover.
(d) He is raped.

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

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

7. For what action does Zorba grow proud of the narrator?
(a) The narrator stands up to the villagers about their sinful ways.
(b) The narrator strikes a huge load of lignite.
(c) The narrator finally pursues the widow.
(d) The narrator decides to join the army.

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

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

10. When he arrives in Candia, what news does the narrator receive?
(a) A new revolution has begun.
(b) His friend Stavridaki has died.
(c) His family is being held hostage.
(d) The widow was pregnant with his child when she died.

11. Who waits outside for Hortense to die in order to loot her belongings?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The monks.
(c) The mob.
(d) Dirge singers.

12. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?
(a) White flowers blooming outside their window.
(b) Candles that Madame Hortense has lit.
(c) A light breeze sweeping the fog away.
(d) Children singing in the streets.

13. Who publicly defends the accused and attempts to break up the mob which seeks justice for Pavli's death?
(a) Anagnosti.
(b) Zorba.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Mimiko.

14. What causes Zorba to become infuriated after Hortense's death?
(a) The narrator announces that he will leave Crete.
(b) Madame Hortense has not left him anything in her will.
(c) The narrator fires him from the mine.
(d) The narrator does not have the answers to his questions.

15. Who does the narrator see as he is walking toward the village on Easter?
(a) Buddha.
(b) The widow.
(c) Madame Hortense.
(d) Zorba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pavli commit suicide?

2. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?

3. Who does Zorba adopt when Hortense dies?

4. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?

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

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Short Answer Key

1. Why does Pavli commit suicide?

He was in love with someone not in love with him.

2. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?

The ruins of a Minoan city.

3. Who does Zorba adopt when Hortense dies?

Dimitri.

4. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?

Fought in a war.

5. 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.