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

2. What slang term does the blind man use at the end of the story to mean “to lie”?
(a) Slander
(b) Fudge
(c) Fib
(d) Evasion

3. What does the narrator describe as “little statues carved to look like monsters”?
(a) Trolls
(b) Phantoms
(c) Vampires
(d) Gargoyles

4. What does the narrator’s wife say when she awakens as the narrator is drawing a cathedral?
(a) Where are the children?
(b) What time is it? Why are you still awake?
(c) What are you doing? Tell me, I want to know
(d) I’ve got to call my mother

5. In what periodical did “Cathedral” first appear?
(a) The Atlantic Monthly
(b) Readers Digest
(c) The Pastel Journal
(d) Harper's Magazine

Short Answer Questions

1. Exasperated by his inability to explain a cathedral to the blind man, the narrator apologizes and says, “The truth is, cathedrals don’t mean” what to him?

2. What does the narrator say his wife writes one or two of every year?

3. Where is Travis A.F.B. located?

4. The narrator says in the beginning of the story that the last time his wife saw the blind man was how many years ago?

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

(see the answer key)

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