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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Sandstone
(b) Marble
(c) Slate
(d) Granite

2. What happens to the television show as the narrator works on his drawing of a cathedral in the story?
(a) It gets louder
(b) It transitions to the desert
(c) It goes off the air
(d) It plays on mute

3. Why does the narrator’s wife say she shouldn’t be smoking this when she is passed the joint in the story?
(a) I can barely keep my eyes open as it is
(b) It makes me too talkative
(c) I could get drug tested
(d) It is the devil’s weed

4. What is the blind man’s response when the narrator asks “if he wanted to smoke some dope with me”?
(a) I thought you’d never ask
(b) I’ll try some with you
(c) I respectfully decline
(d) You can roll some of mine

5. According to the narrator, his wife had helped the blind man organize his little office where when she worked for him?
(a) A large bank
(b) The Internal Revenue Service
(c) A grocery store
(d) The county social service department

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the blind man’s name in the story?

2. In what year was “Cathedral” first published in a periodical?

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

4. The narrator notes in the story that “A wink is the same thing as” what “to a blind man”?

5. How long ago does the narrator’s wife say she and her husband bought their sofa?

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