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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states after the blind man’s arrival that he’d always thought what “were a must for the blind”?
(a) Walking poles
(b) Sandals
(c) Dark glasses
(d) Scarves

2. “Cathedral” is a short story that is driven by what literary element?
(a) Irony
(b) Setting
(c) Character
(d) Plot

3. When the television show about the Church pans across the countryside, the narrator describes men walking behind what?
(a) Pigs
(b) Oxen
(c) Chickens
(d) Sheep

4. Where does the narrator’s wife go to pick up her blind friend who comes to visit?
(a) The airport
(b) The train station
(c) A museum
(d) The bus station

5. The narrator says that his wife first contacted the blind man after how much time had passed since she’d worked for him?
(a) 5 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 8 months

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is McConnell A.F.B. located?

2. By what familyar nickname does the blind man call the narrator?

3. Exasperated by his inability to explain a cathedral to the blind man, the narrator apologizes and says, “The truth is, cathedrals don’t mean” what to him?

4. Who is the protagonist of “Cathedral”?

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

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