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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the narrator want the widow even more?
(a) He learns to mine.
(b) He reads a love story.
(c) He has a brush with death.
(d) He gets a letter from a family member.

2. Who does the narrator hire to help him mine lignite on the island?
(a) Zorba.
(b) His best friend.
(c) Crete.
(d) Santuri.

3. In Chapter 11, what does the narrator do when he sees the widow?
(a) He approaches her and kisses her hand.
(b) He asks her to dinner.
(c) He strikes up a conversation about mining.
(d) Nothing. He is unable to approach her.

4. The narrator disagrees with the way the old man on the mountain trail does what?
(a) The old man talks too much.
(b) The old man smokes too many cigarettes.
(c) The old man insists that it's sinful to mark one's preference for certain foods.
(d) The old man does not treat his wife as an equal.

5. In Chapter 3, what is the narrator reading when Zorba asks him to come in for lunch?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Dante.
(d) Virgil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

2. In Chapter 16,what type of power does the narrator attempt to describe?

3. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

4. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

5. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What does the narrator do on his first morning in Crete?

He takes a stroll through the countryside.

2. In Chapter 16,what type of power does the narrator attempt to describe?

The power of the mind concentrated on one thing.

3. What body part is Zorba missing a part of?

Finger.

4. What does Zorba say that his 80 year-old grandmother wanted?

She wanted to be serenaded.

5. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?

He does not personally believe in God but believes religion is essential to civilization.