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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 narrator admit he does not believe in when discussing matters with the blind man late at night in the story?
(a) Anything
(b) Beauty
(c) The Devil
(d) Humanity

2. What are the first words that the blind man says to the narrator when he arrives?
(a) I can’t wait to get to know you
(b) I feel like we’ve already met
(c) I believe we have a lot in common
(d) So you’re the husband

3. Where did Raymond Carver earn his Bachelor of Arts degree?
(a) Humboldt State College
(b) University of Nevada, Reno
(c) Evergreen State University
(d) Oregon State University

4. The narrator feels pity for the blind man when he considers that he lived with and loved his wife without ever having what?
(a) Understood her
(b) Touched her
(c) Seen her
(d) Listened to her

5. Regarding the view from the train, the narrator says, “going to New York, you should sit” where on the train?
(a) In the back
(b) In the front
(c) On the right side
(d) On the left side

Short Answer 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?

2. What tool does the narrator note the blind man does not use after his arrival?

3. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s attire when he arrives?

4. As the narrator continues his drawing of the cathedral, he comments near the end of the story, “His fingers rode my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like” what?

5. Where is McConnell A.F.B. located?

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