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

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

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) Fathered a child.
(b) Been to Italy.
(c) Fought in a war.
(d) Killed a woman.

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

5. When she dies, who brings the officials to inventory Madame Hortense's belongings?
(a) Zorba.
(b) Anagnosti.
(c) Mavrandoni.
(d) Manolakas.

6. 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 mind concentrated on one thing.
(d) The power of the rail system.

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

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

9. After sleeping with the widow, what does the narrator realize?
(a) "The flesh is language for the soul."
(b) "The soul is flesh as well."
(c) "The soul is to be treasured much more than the flesh."
(d) "The soul is a gem that the flesh will never uncover."

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

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

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

13. What is the statue of Our Lady of Revenge notorious for?
(a) Killing a group of sinful monks.
(b) Killing greedy landowners.
(c) Killing an Algerian army.
(d) Killing all of Crete's thieves.

14. What does Zorba ask the narrator to explain to him in Chapter 24?
(a) The best techniques for extracting lignite from the mine.
(b) How to cook a good soup.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) Death and why people die.

15. What language does Zorba teach the narrator in chapter 25?
(a) Italian.
(b) Old Greek.
(c) Latin.
(d) Dance.