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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 in the beginning of the story, “My idea of blindness came from” what?
(a) Magazines
(b) The movies
(c) Church sermons
(d) Word of mouth

2. What are the supports called on a cathedral that are built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts?
(a) Buttresses
(b) Trusses
(c) Pillars
(d) Crossbeams

3. By what familyar nickname does the blind man call the narrator?
(a) Bro
(b) Dude
(c) Senor
(d) Bub

4. What did the blind man ask the narrator’s wife if he could do on her last day working for him?
(a) Hear her sing
(b) Read a book to him
(c) Kiss her on the cheek
(d) Touch her face

5. “Cathedral” is a short story that is driven by what literary element?
(a) Character
(b) Setting
(c) Plot
(d) Irony

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the blind man do as the narrator attempts to explain cathedrals to him?

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

3. When the narrator changes the television channel, he says there is something about the Church and what era on?

4. What beverage does the blind man drink with his dinner in the story?

5. Travis A.F.B. is described as being near what city in the short story?

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