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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is McGuire A.F.B. located?
(a) California
(b) Kansas
(c) New Jersey
(d) Georgia

2. What Irish actor does the blind man quote in saying “When I drink water, I drink water. When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey”?
(a) Stuart Townsend
(b) Barry Fitzgerald
(c) Peter O’Toole
(d) Brendan Gleeson

3. The narrator states after the blind man’s arrival that he’d always thought what “were a must for the blind”?
(a) Scarves
(b) Dark glasses
(c) Sandals
(d) Walking poles

4. What kind of meat does the narrator’s wife serve for dinner in the story?
(a) Cube steak
(b) Lamb chops
(c) Baked salmon
(d) Pork roast

5. The narrator feels pity for the blind man when he considers that he lived with and loved his wife without ever having what?
(a) Seen her
(b) Understood her
(c) Listened to her
(d) Touched her

Short Answer Questions

1. What vegetable does the narrator’s wife throw when she has an argument with the narrator in the beginning of the story?

2. In what year was “Cathedral” first published in a periodical?

3. What question does the blind man ask the narrator as the narrator begins drawing the cathedral in the story?

4. What tool does the narrator note the blind man does not use after his arrival?

5. What slang term does the blind man use at the end of the story to mean “to lie”?

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