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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and Zorba do on Easter Sunday?
(a) Make a feast for Madame Hortense.
(b) Swim in the ocean.
(c) Walk into Candia.
(d) Make a feast for the village orphans.

2. What does the narrator request of Zorba when he remains in Candia for longer than expected?
(a) He asks that he bring food when he returns.
(b) He requests that he return immediately.
(c) He requests that he double the supplies purchase.
(d) He asks that he never return.

3. Who does Zorba offer to take the place of in Madame Hortense's world?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Canavaro.
(c) Mavrandoni.
(d) Her parrot.

4. What happens to Zorba that he believes to be a terrible omen?
(a) A priest crosses his path.
(b) He loses his job at the mine.
(c) He grows interested in philosophy.
(d) He falls in love with a woman.

5. Whose death is sought after to avenge Pavli's death?
(a) The widow.
(b) Mimiko.
(c) Anagnosti.
(d) Madame Hortense.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

2. What miracle do the monks come down from the mountain to share?

3. Who does Zorba adopt when Hortense dies?

4. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?

5. How does Zorba say that he gets rid of intense longings?

Multiple Choice Questions Key

Short Answer Questions Key

1. In which category does Zorba think his boss strives for with his food?

God.

2. What miracle do the monks come down from the mountain to share?

The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed Zaharia.

3. Who does Zorba adopt when Hortense dies?

Dimitri.

4. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?

Madame Hortense has grown very ill.

5. How does Zorba say that he gets rid of intense longings?

Stuffing himself gluttonously with the desired thing.