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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the windows he draws on the cathedral in the story?
(a) Squared
(b) Triangular
(c) Arched
(d) Wide

2. What is the first thing the narrator says he draws in his attempt to recreate a cathedral for the blind man?
(a) A barn-like structure
(b) A tent of some kind
(c) A box that looked like a house
(d) A rickety old shack

3. What artistic forms are addressed in “Cathedral”?
(a) Sculpture and dance
(b) Poetry and drawing
(c) Drama and music
(d) Novel writing and music

4. The narrator says that the “was having a drink and” doing what when he “heard the car pull into the drive” with his wife and the blind man?
(a) Doing a crossword puzzle
(b) Listening to the radio
(c) Watching TV
(d) Reading the paper

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how many years were the blind man and his wife married before her health went rapidly in decline?

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

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

5. When the blind man smokes his second hit of marijuana, the narrator says, “It was like he’d been doing this since he was” how old?

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