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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the blind man appears to snooze during his conversation with the narrator, the narrator assumes that perhaps he’s imagining himself where?
(a) Italy
(b) Greece
(c) Portugal
(d) Spain

2. What are the supports called on a cathedral that are built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts?
(a) Crossbeams
(b) Pillars
(c) Trusses
(d) Buttresses

3. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s attire when he arrives?
(a) Shoddy
(b) Spiffy
(c) Clownish
(d) Regal

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

5. How old does the narrator describe the blind man as being?
(a) In his early fifties
(b) In his late thirties
(c) In his late forties
(d) In his early twenties

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells the blind man that sometimes cathedrals have “devils and such carved into the front. Sometimes” what?

2. How long does the narrator say he’s been in his current position (of employment) when asked by the blind man?

3. What were the literary formats that Raymond Carver’s career was dedicated to?

4. The narrator says of the “officer-to-be” that he’d been his wife’s what?

5. Where does the blind man live?

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