1. What does Madame Hortense want from Zorba in Chapter 19?
(a) To be married immediately.
(b) To build them a new house.
(c) To impregnate her.
(d) To support her.

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

3. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?
(a) The old man talks too much.
(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 does not treat his wife as an equal.

4. How does Zorba feel about the narrator's false promises made while Zorba was in Candia?
(a) He is so angry that he ends their friendship.
(b) He is thrilled.
(c) He is extremely sad but willing to follow through.
(d) He is angry but willing to follow through on the promise.

5. Who does Zorba adopt when Hortense dies?
(a) Dimitri.
(b) Hortense's parrot.
(c) Pavli.
(d) Hortense's daughter.

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

7. Who fights the mob leader in an attempt to save the widow?
(a) the narrator.
(b) Pavli.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Mavrandoni.

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

9. 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) He decides the feeling is nothing, so he does nothing and goes to sleep.
(c) Zorba.
(d) His soldier friend.

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

11. In pleasing Madame Hortense, to whom does Zorba compare himself?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A monk.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Zeus.

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

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

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

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