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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the first words that the blind man says to the narrator when he arrives?
(a) I can’t wait to get to know you
(b) I believe we have a lot in common
(c) So you’re the husband
(d) I feel like we’ve already met

2. After hearing her name, the narrator asks his wife what question?
(a) Was his wife southern?
(b) Was his wife a Yankee?
(c) Was his wife a Negro?
(d) Was his wife Canadian?

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

4. The man that the narrator’s wife was going to marry when she worked for the blind man was in what kind of school?
(a) Electrician school
(b) Construction school
(c) Truck driving school
(d) Officers’ training school

5. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s facial hair?
(a) He has a full beard
(b) He has a handlebar mustache
(c) He has muttonchops
(d) He has a goatee

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the physicality of the blind man after his arrival?

2. In what periodical did “Cathedral” first appear?

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

4. How long does the narrator say he’s been in his current position (of employment) when asked by the blind man?

5. 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?

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