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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instruction does the blind man give to the narrator as he draws the cathedral in the story?
(a) Fill in all the details
(b) Lightly now
(c) Draw slowly
(d) Press hard

2. When was Raymond Carver’s short story collection Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Published?
(a) 1969
(b) 1980
(c) 1985
(d) 1976

3. How did the blind man’s wife die?
(a) She was in a car accident
(b) She died in childbirth
(c) She committed suicide
(d) She died of cancer

4. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s shoulders after his arrival?
(a) Stooped
(b) Elevated
(c) Broad
(d) Narrow

5. On the television show about the Church, the narrator describes a famous cathedral shown in what city?
(a) Warsaw
(b) Zurich
(c) Paris
(d) Berlin

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing the narrator says he draws in his attempt to recreate a cathedral for the blind man?

2. What is the name of Raymond Carver’s first published book of poems?

3. Regarding the view from the train, the narrator says, “going to New York, you should sit” where on the train?

4. The narrator says in the beginning of the story that the last time his wife saw the blind man was when she worked for him in what city?

5. How does the narrator say he felt about their old sofa (that they replaced) when the blind man arrives?

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