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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Raymond Carver born?
(a) Jackson, Wyoming
(b) Yakima, Washington
(c) Clatskanie, Oregon
(d) Mountain Home, Idaho

3. After showing a cathedral in Portugal, the television show next travels to show a cathedral where?
(a) Germany
(b) Poland
(c) Romania
(d) France

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

5. Where in the narrative does the rising action begin?
(a) When the cathedral has been drawn
(b) When the wife meets the blind man
(c) When the blind man arrives
(d) When the wife gets divorced

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story refers to a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or roof-like construction upon a tower?

2. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s shoulders after his arrival?

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

4. How many joints does the narrator roll for him and the blind man while his wife is upstairs?

5. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s facial hair?

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