This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ultimate physical experience for Zorba?
(a) Playing a musical instrument.
(b) Going to war.
(c) Sex.
(d) Mining.

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

3. What message does the narrator tell Madame Hortense that Zorba has sent from Candia?
(a) He tells her that Zorba says he is never returning.
(b) He tells her that Zorba has proposed marriage to her.
(c) He says that Zorba wants to stay longer in the city.
(d) He reports that Zorba has said he wants a raise.

4. How do the negotiations over land between Zorba and the abbot begin?
(a) They agree completely to the original negotiation.
(b) The abbot charges a lesser amount to prove his devotion to a higher power.
(c) The abbot tries to charge more money than agreed upon.
(d) Zorba insists that they pay more.

5. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?
(a) She wanted a young husband.
(b) She wanted the wars to end.
(c) She wanted to be serenaded.
(d) She wanted to travel to Crete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the statue of Our Lady of Revenge notorious for?

2. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?

3. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

4. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?

5. Who mocks the bishop's theories?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What is the statue of Our Lady of Revenge notorious for?

Killing an Algerian army.

2. To whom does the narrator's soldier friend say his greatest actions will be owed credit?

Rembrandt's "Warrior."

3. What does the narrator mostly do while Zorba works in the mine?

He works on his writing.

4. How does Zorba believe a man should treat a woman?

He should tell her she's beautiful no matter what.

5. Who mocks the bishop's theories?

Zorba.