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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Zorba and the narrator refuse Mavrandoni's offer of hospitality, what does he say about them?
(a) He says they are ungrateful.
(b) He says that he thinks they must be very hungry.
(c) He calls Madame Hortense mean names.
(d) He says they are free to choose.

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

3. How does Zorba live his life?
(a) He lives like every day is his last.
(b) He moves about suspecting that everyone wants to hurt him.
(c) He reads books that instruct him how to live.
(d) He trusts that other people will show him how to live.

4. Why does Zorba say he removed the body part?
(a) It got in the way of his pottery.
(b) It hurt constantly.
(c) It was strangely colored.
(d) It was too big.

5. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) Mavrandoni.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Canavaro.
(d) Her parrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

2. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

3. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

4. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

5. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.

2. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

He promises to cook him soup and play him music.

3. Why does the narrator say that the sexual organs may get in the way of freedom?

He says that being promiscuous can keep a man from going to heaven.

4. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

Zorba.

5. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?

The sexual organs.