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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 answer when the narrator’s wife asks if he has a TV?
(a) My dear, I have two TVs
(b) I have never seen a TV in my life
(c) They annoy me
(d) I prefer the radio

2. What does the blind man ask the narrator about the paintings on the walls of the church in the television show?
(a) If they are cubist
(b) If they are modernist
(c) If they are oil paintings
(d) If they are fresco

3. What happens to the television show as the narrator works on his drawing of a cathedral in the story?
(a) It goes off the air
(b) It plays on mute
(c) It transitions to the desert
(d) It gets louder

4. Where does the narrator go to find a pen and paper when the blind man suggests it at night?
(a) To the basement
(b) Upstairs
(c) To the nursery
(d) To the bathroom

5. How does the narrator say he felt about their old sofa (that they replaced) when the blind man arrives?
(a) I’d liked that old sofa
(b) I found it so uncomfortable
(c) I still remember the day I bought it
(d) I hated that crummy sofa

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator give as a response to the narrator’s question of whether he was going to stay with his work?

4. What term, often used to characterize Raymond Carver’s writing, refers to a style in which the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life are presented in unadorned language?

5. According to the narrator, the train ride from the blind man’s in-laws’ home to the narrator’s home takes how long?

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