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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The blind man tells the narrator as he continues his drawing of the cathedral, “You got it, bub. I can tell. You didn’t think you could. But you can, can’t you? You’re cooking with” what?
(a) Gas now
(b) Grease
(c) Dry tinder
(d) Charcoal

3. 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) Thirty to forty
(b) Thousands
(c) Hundreds
(d) Ten to twenty

4. According to the narrator’s wife, how many people were in attendance at the blind man’s wedding?
(a) 17
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 25

5. The narrator says in the beginning of the story, “My idea of blindness came from” what?
(a) Word of mouth
(b) Magazines
(c) Church sermons
(d) The movies

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the blind man live?

2. Where is Moody A.F.B. located?

3. When the blind man appears to snooze during his conversation with the narrator, the narrator assumes that perhaps he’s imagining himself where?

4. At what point in the story does the protagonist reach his major epiphany?

5. What do the narrator and his wife offer the blind man as they smoke marijuana in the story?

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