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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the blind man instruct the narrator to do after he’s almost completed the drawing of the cathedral?
(a) To close his mouth
(b) To close his eyes
(c) To say a prayer
(d) To open his mind

2. When the narrator changes the television channel, he says there is something about the Church and what era on?
(a) The Middle Ages
(b) The Industrial Revolution
(c) The Computer Age
(d) The Stone Age

3. How many short stories are included in the anthology Cathedral?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 7

4. The narrator says in the beginning of the story that the last time his wife saw the blind man was when she worked for him in what city?
(a) Seattle
(b) Denver
(c) Birmingham
(d) Portland

5. 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) Change into her robe
(d) Take a bath

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What slang term does the blind man use at the end of the story to mean “to lie”?

3. What kind of meat does the narrator’s wife serve for dinner in the story?

4. From what narrative perspective is the story of “Cathedral” relayed?

5. What does the narrator suggest to his wife he could do when the blind man comes to visit, causing her exasperation?

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