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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What artistic forms are addressed in “Cathedral”?
(a) Poetry and drawing
(b) Novel writing and music
(c) Sculpture and dance
(d) Drama and music

2. What does the blind man do as the narrator attempts to explain cathedrals to him?
(a) He runs his fingers through his beard
(b) He hums a tune softly
(c) He taps on the table repeatedly
(d) He snaps his fingers rhythmically

3. Where does the narrator tell the blind man the show about cathedrals has traveled to, where there are “paintings on the walls of this one church”?
(a) Romania
(b) Denmark
(c) Finland
(d) Italy

4. What does the narrator’s wife say she is going to do upstairs as she exits, leaving the narrator and the blind man alone after dinner?
(a) Read a book
(b) Call a friend on the telephone
(c) Take a bath
(d) Change into her robe

5. How long ago does the narrator say his wife offered to let him listen to a tape from the blind man in the beginning of the story?
(a) 6 months ago
(b) 3 years ago
(c) 2 months ago
(d) 1 year ago

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the blind man remark about the narrator’s television set, saying, “Don’t ask me how, but I can tell”?

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

3. What beverage does the blind man drink with his dinner in the story?

4. What instruction does the blind man give to the narrator as he draws the cathedral in the story?

5. What does the protagonist in “Cathedral” gain by the end of the story?

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