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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 how many workers to build?
(a) Hundreds
(b) Thousands
(c) Thirty to forty
(d) Ten to twenty

2. Where is Travis A.F.B. located?
(a) Kansas
(b) California
(c) New Jersey
(d) Georgia

3. When was Raymond Carver’s short story collection Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Published?
(a) 1969
(b) 1976
(c) 1980
(d) 1985

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

5. After showing a cathedral in Portugal, the television show next travels to show a cathedral where?
(a) Germany
(b) Poland
(c) France
(d) Romania

Short Answer Questions

1. The blind man tells the narrator when he arrives that he hadn’t been on a train in almost how long?

2. The narrator’s wife commented to the blind man through their first correspondence that she loved her husband but she didn’t love what?

3. What is the blind man’s name in the story?

4. How did the blind man’s wife die?

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

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