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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the narrator’s wife’s position when she worked for the blind man?
(a) She was a reader
(b) She was a pianist
(c) She was a secretary
(d) She was an editor

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

3. According to the narrator, the train ride from the blind man’s in-laws’ home to the narrator’s home takes how long?
(a) 5 hours
(b) 2 hours
(c) 9 hours
(d) 12 hours

4. At what point in the story does the protagonist reach his major epiphany?
(a) After dinner
(b) When his wife arrives home
(c) When he closes his eyes
(d) When he turns on the TV

5. What happens to the television show as the narrator works on his drawing of a cathedral in the story?
(a) It plays on mute
(b) It goes off the air
(c) It gets louder
(d) It transitions to the desert

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator’s wife’s story, how did the blind man meet his wife?

2. Where did the other half of the coin go that the blind man was left with, according to the narrator?

3. Where did the narrator’s wife fall asleep after overdosing on pills while at Travis A.F.B.?

4. How many short stories are included in the anthology Cathedral?

5. The man that the narrator’s wife was going to marry when she worked for the blind man was in what kind of school?

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