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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the fourth log is tested on the rail system?
(a) The system is still shaky, but the log reaches its destination.
(b) The system cracks and the log gets jammed.
(c) The operations appear to have been repaired to perfection.
(d) The entire system collapses.

2. When the narrator meets an old man on the trail, where does the man ask if he's headed?
(a) The river.
(b) The garden.
(c) The pub.
(d) The convent.

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

4. After receiving a letter from his friend in Chapter 25, who does the narrator warn when he feels a sense of danger?
(a) Zaharia.
(b) Zorba.
(c) His soldier friend.
(d) He decides the feeling is nothing, so he does nothing and goes to sleep.

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

6. Upon his return from Candia, what does Zorba encourage the narrator to quickly get started on?
(a) Publication of his manuscript.
(b) Building a house for them to live in.
(c) The timber rail project.
(d) Building a monastery.

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 decides to join the army.
(c) The narrator strikes a huge load of lignite.
(d) The narrator finally pursues the widow.

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

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

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

11. What gift does Mimiko deliver from the accused in Pavli's death?
(a) A basket of oranges.
(b) An aromatic oil.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A loaf of bread.

12. Who does Zorba claim was Hortense's greatest lover?
(a) A Spanish admiral.
(b) Canavaro.
(c) Pavli.
(d) Zorba.

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

14. In his story, what does Zorba's grandfather tell the old soldier about the piece of wood he gives him?
(a) He says it's part of the True Cross.
(b) He says it's a piece of wood from the house he was born in.
(c) He says it is anything he believes it to be.
(d) He says it's a piece of Noah's Ark.

15. Whose death is sought after to avenge Pavli's death?
(a) Mimiko.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) Anagnosti.
(d) The widow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes Zorba to become infuriated after Hortense's death?

3. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?

4. For what action is Zorba trying to make up for by his actions in Chapter 18?

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

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Short Answer Key

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

Sacred awe.

2. What causes Zorba to become infuriated after Hortense's death?

The narrator does not have the answers to his questions.

3. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?

Buddha.

4. For what action is Zorba trying to make up for by his actions in Chapter 18?

Spending all of the narrator's money in Candia.

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

The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed Zaharia.