This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What pact do the narrator and his best friend make before parting?
(a) They agree to one day own a lignite mine together.
(b) They agree to a double wedding when they reunite.
(c) They agree to fight in the war together.
(d) They agree to telepathically warn one another of danger.

3. What is the primary message in the book that the narrator is reading?
(a) It offers instruction on running a mine.
(b) It emphasizes the virtue of possessing nothing.
(c) It makes an example of the inefficiency of bookworms.
(d) It exhibits the excellence of true love.

4. What or who does Zorba live for?
(a) Mining.
(b) God.
(c) Mankind.
(d) Man as individual.

5. Zorba tells the narrator stories about the island. What kind of events does he describe?
(a) Carnivals and circuses.
(b) Wars and revolutions.
(c) Rape and thievery.
(d) Feasts and birthdays.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

4. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

5. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. 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.

2. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?

Canavaro.

3. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?

Dante.

4. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

The village elder.

5. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?

He wants to forget about Buddha.