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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tool does the narrator note the blind man does not use after his arrival?
(a) Braille
(b) A wheelchair
(c) A backhoe
(d) A cane

2. What were the literary formats that Raymond Carver’s career was dedicated to?
(a) Essays and memoirs
(b) Novels and biographies
(c) Nonfiction histories and short stories
(d) Short stories and poetry

3. Where does the narrator’s wife fall asleep after they’ve smoked marijuana?
(a) In the bathtub
(b) On the floor
(c) In the chair
(d) On the couch

4. In what city did the blind man’s wife die?
(a) San Antonio
(b) Sacramento
(c) Springfield
(d) Seattle

5. The blind man asks the narrator’s wife if he looks what, when he meets her husband?
(a) Displaced
(b) Disinterested
(c) Disheveled
(d) Distinguished

Short Answer Questions

1. What artistic forms are addressed in “Cathedral”?

2. When was Raymond Carver’s short story collection Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Published?

3. What does the blind man take from the backseat of the car when he and the narrator’s wife arrive at the narrator’s home?

4. The narrator says, “I remembered having read somewhere that the blind didn’t smoke because, as speculation had it, they couldn’t” what?

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

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