This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What incident on the beach mellows the narrator's restlessness?
(a) He accidentally kills a butterfly.
(b) He hears strange music.
(c) He sees a shooting star.
(d) A horse and rider pass by.

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

3. In regards to food, what three categories does Zorba say that the three different types of men turn their food into?
(a) Fat and manure, work and good humor, and God.
(b) Sex, work, and fat.
(c) Love and kindness, manure and energy, and gluttony.
(d) Fear, love, and God.

4. While Zorba and the narrator are in the shop, who runs past the window?
(a) A juggler.
(b) A beautiful widow.
(c) A paper boy.
(d) A fellow miner.

5. What does the narrator do when Zorba displays frustration with the miners?
(a) He fires several miners.
(b) He calls a lunch break.
(c) He leaves the mine without speaking.
(d) He fires Zorba.

6. About what does Zorba confront the miners?
(a) Failing to get their picks before exiting.
(b) Taking long lunch breaks.
(c) Leaving lanterns lit inside.
(d) Not following the proper safety procedures.

7. What is one of the narrator's goals at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to improve his vocabulary.
(b) He wants to grow his hair long.
(c) He wants to forget about Buddha.
(d) He wants to learn to meditate.

8. Who reports that a widow has lost her sheep and is offering a reward for it?
(a) Mimiko.
(b) Manolakus.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Anagnosti.

9. With whom does Zorba begin a romance?
(a) A strange woman walking on the beach.
(b) A young widowed mother.
(c) Dame Hortense.
(d) A nun.

10. What are Zorba's beliefs about the existence of God?
(a) He looks to Anagnosti for all of his religious questions and shares his beliefs.
(b) He does not personally believe in God but believes religion is essential to civilization.
(c) He is a Christian.
(d) He believes in a higher power but not in religion.

11. What or who does the narrator's long-time friend live for?
(a) Women.
(b) The narrator.
(c) God.
(d) Mankind.

12. What happens at the mine in Chapter 9?
(a) They find record amounts of lignite.
(b) It collapses.
(c) A baby is abandoned there.
(d) Five men suffocate to death.

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

14. The narrator warn Zorba that such passions may lead to the removal of what body part?
(a) The brain.
(b) The achilles.
(c) The ears.
(d) The sexual organs.

15. How many places does Zorba set the dinner table for on their first night on Crete?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 1

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

3. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

4. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

5. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Short Answer Key

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

Fearfully.

2. What act has Zorba performed that symbolizes the connection between freedom and manliness?

He cut part of his finger off because it got in the way of his pottery.

3. Who takes charge when the work begins in the mine?

Zorba.

4. What does Zorba promise the narrator upon the initiation of their friendship?

He promises to cook him soup and play him music.

5. Who is the second person to offer the narrator and Zorba lodging in Crete?

The village elder.