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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about the blind man’s visit in the beginning of the story?
(a) Unenthusiastic
(b) Excited
(c) Angry
(d) Apprehensive

2. The blind man discusses his ham radio operator friends in “Guam, in the Philippines, in Alaska, and even” where?
(a) Poland
(b) Australia
(c) Tahiti
(d) Bolivia

3. 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?
(a) Birmingham
(b) Seattle
(c) Denver
(d) Portland

4. Where in the narrative does the rising action begin?
(a) When the blind man arrives
(b) When the wife meets the blind man
(c) When the cathedral has been drawn
(d) When the wife gets divorced

5. The narrator says that after the death of the blind man’s wife, he was left with half of what kind of coin?
(a) A fifty-rupee Indian coin
(b) A fifty-dinar Algerian coin
(c) A ten-dollar New Zealand coin
(d) A twenty-peso Mexican coin

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word for “arc-boutant” used in the story?

2. How did the narrator’s wife maintain contact with the blind man since they last saw one another in person?

3. What kind of paper does the blind man ask the narrator to go get when they are talking late at night?

4. According to the narrator’s wife, how many people were in attendance at the blind man’s wedding?

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

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