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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the blind man’s name in the story?
(a) Jacob
(b) William
(c) Marcus
(d) Robert

2. How does the narrator describe the windows he draws on the cathedral in the story?
(a) Arched
(b) Wide
(c) Squared
(d) Triangular

3. The narrator’s wife commented to the blind man through their first correspondence that she loved her husband but she didn’t love what?
(a) His mother
(b) His sister
(c) Their children
(d) Where they lived

4. By what familyar nickname does the blind man call the narrator?
(a) Dude
(b) Bub
(c) Senor
(d) Bro

5. In what year was “Cathedral” chosen to appear in The Best American Short Stories?
(a) 1975
(b) 1982
(c) 1991
(d) 1987

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years were the blind man and his wife married before her health went rapidly in decline?

2. What is playing on the television as the narrator’s wife exits upstairs in the story?

3. What are the supports called on a cathedral that are built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts?

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

5. The narrator describes his legs as feeling as though he’s just done what when he gets up to look for a pen and paper?

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