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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says that after the death of the blind man’s wife, he was left with half of what kind of coin?
(a) A fifty-dinar Algerian coin
(b) A twenty-peso Mexican coin
(c) A fifty-rupee Indian coin
(d) A ten-dollar New Zealand coin

2. At what point in the story does the protagonist reach his major epiphany?
(a) After dinner
(b) When he closes his eyes
(c) When he turns on the TV
(d) When his wife arrives home

3. The narrator says, “I remembered having read somewhere that the blind didn’t smoke because, as speculation had it, they couldn’t” what?
(a) Tell how other people did it
(b) Avoid burning their faces
(c) Fully share the pleasure of it
(d) See the smoke they exhaled

4. What kind of paper does the blind man ask the narrator to go get when they are talking late at night?
(a) Heavy paper
(b) Tissue paper
(c) Wax paper
(d) Typewriter paper

5. According to the narrator’s wife’s story, how did the blind man meet his wife?
(a) She sat next to him on a bus
(b) She would see him at the library
(c) She worked for him
(d) She volunteered at her church

Short Answer Questions

1. By what familyar nickname does the blind man call the narrator?

2. What is another word for “arc-boutant” used in the story?

3. What are the central motifs in “Cathedral”?

4. What term refers to the portion of a story that introduces the important background information, such as the narrator’s descriptions of his wife’s history with the blind man in “Cathedral”?

5. How long is the blind man staying with the narrator and his wife in the story?

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