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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator’s wife first contacted the blind man after working for him, she called him from what state?
(a) Missouri
(b) Indiana
(c) Alabama
(d) Tennessee

2. What word from the story refers to a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or roof-like construction upon a tower?
(a) Mesa
(b) Dome
(c) Bluff
(d) Spire

3. What are in the bottom of the shopping bag that the narrator gathers for the blind man at night?
(a) Coupons
(b) Marshmallows
(c) Onion skins
(d) Coffee beans

4. What is the narrator’s response when his wife asks as she comes downstairs, “What do I smell?”
(a) I don’t smell anything
(b) We thought we’d have us some cannabis
(c) Just incense my dear
(d) I needed a cigarette

5. How many short stories are included in the anthology Cathedral?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 12
(d) 7

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that his wife first contacted the blind man after how much time had passed since she’d worked for him?

2. Of the religious pageant on the television show, the narrator says it takes place yearly where?

3. At what point in the story does the protagonist reach his major epiphany?

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

5. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what in her nostril and it wouldn’t make a difference?

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