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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and his wife drink when they sit down to talk with the blind man after he’s arrived?
(a) Scotch
(b) Tequila
(c) Brandy
(d) Absinthe

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

3. What is playing on the television as the narrator’s wife exits upstairs in the story?
(a) A late-night comedy show
(b) The weather report
(c) Entertainment news
(d) A game show

4. When does the narrator say his wife was to marry her fiancé when she worked for the blind man?
(a) At the end of the summer
(b) On Christmas Eve
(c) At the beginning of summer
(d) On Easter Sunday

5. How is the narrator’s viewpoint of blind people characterized in the beginning of the story?
(a) He is an advocate for them
(b) He is empathetic with them
(c) He is assimilated with them
(d) He is prejudiced against them

Short Answer Questions

1. In his attempt to describe cathedrals, the narrator tells the blind man that they are built out of stone and sometimes out of what?

2. What does the narrator say causes him problems sleeping?

3. When was Raymond Carver born?

4. How does the narrator feel about the blind man’s visit in the beginning of the story?

5. The narrator says in the beginning of the story that the last time his wife saw the blind man was when she worked for him in what city?

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