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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is all of the blind man’s attire when he arrives?
(a) White
(b) Brown
(c) Black
(d) Blue

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

3. The narrator’s wife tells him early in the story, “if you had a friend, any friend, and the friend came to visit, I’d” what?
(a) Tell him some stories
(b) Make him feel comfortable
(c) Get along with him
(d) Pretend to like him

4. What was the narrator’s wife’s position when she worked for the blind man?
(a) She was a secretary
(b) She was a reader
(c) She was an editor
(d) She was a pianist

5. The narrator says in the beginning of the story, “My idea of blindness came from” what?
(a) Church sermons
(b) Word of mouth
(c) Magazines
(d) The movies

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest to his wife he could do when the blind man comes to visit, causing her exasperation?

2. What word from the story refers to a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or roof-like construction upon a tower?

3. What does the blind man remark about the narrator’s television set, saying, “Don’t ask me how, but I can tell”?

4. What was the narrator’s response when the blind man asks if he likes his work?

5. When the narrator’s wife first contacted the blind man after working for him, she called him from what facility?

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