This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?
(a) He romances Madame Hortense.
(b) He also works in the mine.
(c) He works on his writing.
(d) He swims in the ocean.

2. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?
(a) He discusses his plans for the mine with Zorba.
(b) He goes to the market.
(c) He reads the Bible.
(d) He takes a stroll through the countryside.

3. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?
(a) Bro.
(b) Sir.
(c) Captain.
(d) Boss.

4. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(b) Sex, work, and fat.
(c) Fear, love, and God.
(d) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.

5. What does the narrator begin doing late one restless night in Chapter 5?
(a) He takes a long walk on the beach.
(b) He makes a map of the mine.
(c) He begins a romance with Madame Hortense.
(d) He begins the writing of his manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

2. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

3. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

4. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

5. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Which of her lovers' names does Madame Hortense's parrot repeat?

Canavaro.

2. How does the narrator end the letter to his friend in Chapter 8?

He tells him that he has love for him.

3. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?

He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

4. Zorba tells the story of an old man who will what?

Never die.

5. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?

It emphasizes the virtue of possessing nothing.