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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The blind man tells the narrator when he arrives that he hadn’t been on a train in almost how long?
(a) 40 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 10 years

2. After hearing her name, the narrator asks his wife what question?
(a) Was his wife a Yankee?
(b) Was his wife southern?
(c) Was his wife Canadian?
(d) Was his wife a Negro?

3. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what in her nostril and it wouldn’t make a difference?
(a) A handkerchief
(b) A straight pin
(c) A pencil
(d) An earring

4. The blind man discusses his ham radio operator friends in “Guam, in the Philippines, in Alaska, and even” where?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Tahiti
(c) Australia
(d) Poland

5. What is the first thing the narrator says he draws in his attempt to recreate a cathedral for the blind man?
(a) A rickety old shack
(b) A barn-like structure
(c) A box that looked like a house
(d) A tent of some kind

Short Answer Questions

1. The blind man asks the narrator’s wife if he looks what, when he meets her husband?

2. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what color eye-shadow around one eye and it wouldn’t make a difference?

3. After showing a cathedral in Portugal, the television show next travels to show a cathedral where?

4. Where in the narrative does the rising action begin?

5. What does the narrator admit he does not believe in when discussing matters with the blind man late at night in the story?

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