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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What central theme unites the main characters in “Cathedral”?
(a) Maternal love
(b) Overreaching ambition
(c) Lust
(d) Alienation

3. What does the blind man do as the narrator attempts to explain cathedrals to him?
(a) He hums a tune softly
(b) He taps on the table repeatedly
(c) He snaps his fingers rhythmically
(d) He runs his fingers through his beard

4. As the narrator continues his drawing of the cathedral, he comments near the end of the story, “His fingers rode my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like” what?
(a) Looking through the rainbow
(b) Surfing on the waves of blindness
(c) Crossing into another world
(d) Nothing else in my life up to now

5. How does the narrator describe the physicality of the blind man after his arrival?
(a) Toned
(b) Heavy-set
(c) Muscle-bound
(d) Frail

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest to his wife he could do when the blind man comes to visit, causing her exasperation?

2. What kind of pie does the narrator’s wife serve at dinner?

3. How old does the narrator describe the blind man as being?

4. What does the blind man instruct the narrator to do after he’s almost completed the drawing of the cathedral?

5. How long is the blind man staying with the narrator and his wife in the story?

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