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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last part of the blind man’s tape that the narrator heard when his wife played it for him?
(a) You can certainly do better
(b) I can picture the type
(c) He sounds like a great man
(d) From all you’ve said about him, I can only conclude—

2. What does the blind man ask the narrator after giving prefacing it with, “Hey, listen. I hope you don’t mind my asking you. Can I ask you something? Let me ask you a simple question, yes or no”?
(a) He asks if the narrator is a sports fan
(b) He asks if the narrator is true to his wife
(c) He asks if the narrator is religious
(d) He asks if the narrator is a dog lover

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

4. What does the narrator tell the blind man regarding the strength of the marijuana they are smoking?
(a) It is the best he’s ever smoked
(b) It is extremely weak
(c) That it is mild
(d) That it is about average

5. What word from the story refers to a hooded garment worn by monks?
(a) Anorak
(b) Kimono
(c) Mukluk
(d) Cowl

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the first words that the blind man says to the narrator when he arrives?

2. Exasperated by his inability to explain a cathedral to the blind man, the narrator apologizes and says, “The truth is, cathedrals don’t mean” what to him?

3. Of his knowledge of cathedrals, the blind man says that he knows from the television show that they took about how many years to build?

4. At the end of the story, the narrator says, “I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was” what?

5. What does the narrator see his wife doing as she parks the car when she returns with the blind man?

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