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

2. When the narrator meets an old man on the trail, where does the man ask if he's headed?
(a) The pub.
(b) The garden.
(c) The river.
(d) The convent.

3. From whom must Zorba and the narrator rent land for the timber rail project?
(a) Madame Hortense.
(b) The governor of Crete.
(c) Monks at the monastery.
(d) Anagnosti.

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

5. What does Demetrios want to show Zorba and the narrator?
(a) His art collection.
(b) His clay nun.
(c) The well.
(d) His library.

6. Who publicly defends the accused and attempts to break up the mob which seeks justice for Pavli's death?
(a) Mimiko.
(b) Anagnosti.
(c) Zorba.
(d) The narrator.

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

8. What causes the Easter celebration to abruptly stop?
(a) A man starts screaming.
(b) The monks flood into the church.
(c) A small child is killed.
(d) The widow enters the church.

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

10. How does Zorba compare to Hortense's former lovers in her eyes?
(a) He is not as exotic.
(b) He is not as good a conversationalist.
(c) He is not as handsome.
(d) He is less sexually satisfying.

11. What does Zorba suggest the narrator will need to become completely free?
(a) True love.
(b) A green stone.
(c) Great wealth.
(d) Folly.

12. What is the statue of Our Lady of Revenge notorious for?
(a) Killing a group of sinful monks.
(b) Killing an Algerian army.
(c) Killing greedy landowners.
(d) Killing all of Crete's thieves.

13. What does the narrator come across while walking on the mountain path?
(a) A cave.
(b) The ruins of a Minoan city.
(c) A human skeleton.
(d) An ancient inscribed tablet.

14. What is the narrator's topic of conversation with the Mother Superior?
(a) Blood.
(b) Eternity.
(c) The Martyred Virgin.
(d) The cross.

15. What supposedly happens to the Martyred Virgin once every year?
(a) It bleeds from a chiseled wound.
(b) It causes storms.
(c) It cries tears of blood.
(d) It draws a warring army.