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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what literary genre is author Raymond Carver most well known?
(a) Epic literature
(b) Minimalist fiction
(c) Absurdist drama
(d) Science fiction

2. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what in her nostril and it wouldn’t make a difference?
(a) An earring
(b) A pencil
(c) A handkerchief
(d) A straight pin

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

4. What is the narrator’s final comment to the blind man in the story?
(a) I never could have imagined
(b) It’s really something
(c) I would have never believed it
(d) You are great

5. What do the narrator and his wife offer the blind man as they smoke marijuana in the story?
(a) A blanket
(b) A pillow
(c) More pie
(d) A cup of coffee

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the blind man’s answer when the narrator’s wife asks if he has a TV?

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

3. In what year was the anthology entitled Cathedral published?

4. What is the name of the blind man’s wife who recently passed away in the story?

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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