This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator remember his grandfather doing?
(a) He sailed around the world.
(b) He had many lovers.
(c) He demanded stories from his guests.
(d) He started a mining business.

4. 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 telepathically warn one another of danger.
(c) They agree to a double wedding when they reunite.
(d) They agree to fight in the war together.

5. Who were Madame Hortense's four great loves?
(a) Two pilots from America and two from Germany.
(b) Four thieves from Crete.
(c) Four chefs from Italy, France, Spain, and Poland.
(d) Four admirals from England, France, Italy, Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

2. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?

3. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

4. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

5. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does Zorba consider the act of dancing to be?

Communication.

2. Why does Zorba tell the narrator not to preach equality of the sexes?

He says it will disrupt the island's way of life without offering solutions for making it better.

3. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?

3

4. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?

Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.

5. What does Zorba do when he hears his boss talking to the workmen?

He throws his boss out of the mine.