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

2. Why does the narrator feel like he can forget about the Enlightened One?
(a) Mining is all that he cares about now.
(b) He has become engrossed with the physical world.
(c) His sexual relationship is more fulfilling that meditation.
(d) He has finished his Buddha Manuscript.

3. Why does the narrator call a doctor on Easter?
(a) Madame Hortense has grown very ill.
(b) Zorba has grown very ill.
(c) The widow appears to be pregnant.
(d) The widow has fallen from a cliff.

4. What language does Zorba teach the narrator in chapter 25?
(a) Latin.
(b) Old Greek.
(c) Italian.
(d) Dance.

5. In his story, what does Zorba's grandfather tell the old soldier about the piece of wood he gives him?
(a) He says it's a piece of Noah's Ark.
(b) He says it's part of the True Cross.
(c) He says it is anything he believes it to be.
(d) He says it's a piece of wood from the house he was born in.

6. For what do the villagers gather to watch in Chapter 20?
(a) A newborn baby is baptized.
(b) Zorba weds Madame Hortense.
(c) Zorba celebrates the beginning of the railway construction.
(d) The narrator holds a celebration for the mine's reopening.

7. Who does Zorba adopt when Hortense dies?
(a) Hortense's daughter.
(b) Pavli.
(c) Dimitri.
(d) Hortense's parrot.

8. How does Zorba change his appearance while in Candia?
(a) He grew a beard.
(b) He shaved his head.
(c) He dyed his hair black.
(d) He bought new gold hoop earrings.

9. What does the narrator inherit from Zorba?
(a) A green stone.
(b) All of Zorba's belongings.
(c) The santuri.
(d) All of Hortense's belongings.

10. Who waits outside for Hortense to die in order to loot her belongings?
(a) Dirge singers.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The monks.
(d) The mob.

11. What happens when the fourth log is tested on the rail system?
(a) The system is still shaky, but the log reaches its destination.
(b) The entire system collapses.
(c) The system cracks and the log gets jammed.
(d) The operations appear to have been repaired to perfection.

12. Before going to bed the night before beginning work on the railway, what does the narrator ask Zorba if he's ever done?
(a) Been to Italy.
(b) Killed a woman.
(c) Fought in a war.
(d) Fathered a child.

13. What miracle do the monks come down from the mountain to share?
(a) The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed an army of invaders.
(b) Zaharia has reached enlightenment.
(c) The Holy Virgin of Revenge has killed Zaharia.
(d) Zaharia saved a man through meditation.

14. What concept does the narrator come up with when formulating his ideas about death?
(a) Sacred awe.
(b) Death by philosophy.
(c) Sacred body.
(d) Spirit of the body.

15. Why does Zorba refuse to sleep with Madame Hortense in Chapter 19?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He is unable to perform.
(c) He believes God wants them to wait until marriage.
(d) It is lent.