This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter to his friend, what does the narrator say his friend inspired him to do?
(a) Go to university.
(b) Pursue a life of physical action.
(c) Join a circus.
(d) Get married.

2. What good omen marks the narrator and Zorba's morning on the day work is to begin on the railway?
(a) A light breeze sweeping the fog away.
(b) Candles that Madame Hortense has lit.
(c) White flowers blooming outside their window.
(d) Children singing in the streets.

3. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator momentarily believe is his last obstacle to freedom?
(a) The widow.
(b) Mining.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Zorba.

4. Who does Zorba suggest that the narrator romantically pursue?
(a) Noussa.
(b) Madame Hortense.
(c) The widow.
(d) The long lost love of his life.

5. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator do when he first awakens?
(a) Goes jogging.
(b) Smokes a pipe.
(c) Goes straight to work.
(d) Has coffee with Zorba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What startling news does Zorba receive when he returns from Candia?

2. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?

3. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

4. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?

5. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. What startling news does Zorba receive when he returns from Candia?

He learns that he is expected to propose to Madame Hortense.

2. Where is the narrator sitting and thinking at the beginning of the story?

In a bar.

3. When the narrator meets some young women on his first day in Crete, how do the girls respond?

Fearfully.

4. In Chapter 13, Zorba demonstrates his dedication to what?

His immediate passions.

5. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?

Mankind.