This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What gift does Mimiko deliver from the accused in Pavli's death?
(a) An aromatic oil.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A basket of oranges.

3. How does Zorba feel about the narrator's false promises made while Zorba was in Candia?
(a) He is so angry that he ends their friendship.
(b) He is thrilled.
(c) He is extremely sad but willing to follow through.
(d) He is angry but willing to follow through on the promise.

4. Who do Zorba and the narrator stay with on their first night on the island?
(a) Dame Hortense.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A monk.
(d) A village elder.

5. How does Zorba suggest that a man best get to know the world?
(a) He says that a man should try foreign foods.
(b) He says that a man should have relations with many women.
(c) He says that a man should go sailing around the world.
(d) He suggests that a man spend some time being savage and sinful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pavli commit suicide?

2. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?

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

4. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

5. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. Why does Pavli commit suicide?

He was in love with someone not in love with him.

2. Why does Zorba begin to feel restless and depressed while in Candia?

He realizes he's aging.

3. 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.

4. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?

The widow.

5. Although the narrator remains unnamed, what does Zorba call the narrator?

Boss.