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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 about how many years to build?
(a) 150-200
(b) 20-30
(c) 40-60
(d) 50-100

2. 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) Change into her robe
(c) Call a friend on the telephone
(d) Take a bath

3. Where did the narrator’s wife fall asleep after overdosing on pills while at Travis A.F.B.?
(a) On the patio
(b) In the basement
(c) In the garage
(d) In the bathtub

4. What beverage does the blind man drink with his dinner in the story?
(a) Coffee
(b) Milk
(c) Water
(d) Tea

5. What does the narrator say his wife writes one or two of every year?
(a) Novels
(b) Short stories
(c) Poems
(d) Essays

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes in the story that “A wink is the same thing as” what “to a blind man”?

2. How long ago does the narrator’s wife say she and her husband bought their sofa?

3. What did the narrator’s wife’s first husband do when he found her after her overdose?

4. What is the narrator’s final comment to the blind man in the story?

5. 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?

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