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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the portion of a story that introduces the important background information, such as the narrator’s descriptions of his wife’s history with the blind man in “Cathedral”?
(a) Rising action
(b) Climax
(c) Exposition
(d) Denouement

2. What kind of paper does the blind man ask the narrator to go get when they are talking late at night?
(a) Wax paper
(b) Tissue paper
(c) Typewriter paper
(d) Heavy paper

3. “Cathedral” is a short story that is driven by what literary element?
(a) Irony
(b) Character
(c) Setting
(d) Plot

4. What are the supports called on a cathedral that are built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts?
(a) Trusses
(b) Pillars
(c) Buttresses
(d) Crossbeams

5. Where does the narrator go to find a pen and paper when the blind man suggests it at night?
(a) To the bathroom
(b) To the basement
(c) To the nursery
(d) Upstairs

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and his wife drink when they sit down to talk with the blind man after he’s arrived?

2. In what city did the blind man’s wife die?

3. What word from the story means large and heavy-looking?

4. Where does the blind man put his hand as the narrator begins to draw in the story?

5. The narrator finds a pen for the blind man where in his house?

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