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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 blind man’s shoulders after his arrival?
(a) Broad
(b) Stooped
(c) Elevated
(d) Narrow

2. What Irish actor does the blind man quote in saying “When I drink water, I drink water. When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey”?
(a) Barry Fitzgerald
(b) Peter O’Toole
(c) Brendan Gleeson
(d) Stuart Townsend

3. How does the narrator instruct the blind man to smoke the marijuana in the story?
(a) Don’t punish yourself
(b) Don’t take too much
(c) Hold it as long as you can
(d) Inhale slowly

4. What is the narrator’s response when his wife asks as she comes downstairs, “What do I smell?”
(a) We thought we’d have us some cannabis
(b) I don’t smell anything
(c) Just incense my dear
(d) I needed a cigarette

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do when the blind man says after the drawing is complete, “Take a look. What do you think?”

2. The narrator says that after the death of the blind man’s wife, he was left with half of what kind of coin?

3. What kind of meat does the narrator’s wife serve for dinner in the story?

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

5. How many joints does the narrator roll for him and the blind man while his wife is upstairs?

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