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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of his knowledge of cathedrals, the blind man says that he knows from the television show that they took how many workers to build?
(a) Thousands
(b) Hundreds
(c) Thirty to forty
(d) Ten to twenty

2. Where in Portugal does the television show feature a cathedral?
(a) Lisbon
(b) Coimbra
(c) Mira
(d) Pombal

3. After hearing her name, the narrator asks his wife what question?
(a) Was his wife a Negro?
(b) Was his wife a Yankee?
(c) Was his wife Canadian?
(d) Was his wife southern?

4. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what color eye-shadow around one eye and it wouldn’t make a difference?
(a) Silver
(b) Black
(c) Green
(d) White

5. The narrator tells the blind man that sometimes cathedrals have “devils and such carved into the front. Sometimes” what?
(a) Peasants and thieves
(b) Plants and animals
(c) Lords and ladies
(d) Kings and bishops

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in the beginning of the story, “My idea of blindness came from” what?

2. The blind man asks the narrator’s wife if he looks what, when he meets her husband?

3. What is the first thing the narrator says he draws in his attempt to recreate a cathedral for the blind man?

4. What does the narrator do when the blind man says after the drawing is complete, “Take a look. What do you think?”

5. What is the narrator’s prayer before dinner in the story?

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