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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator’s wife look at him when he turns on the television during the talk with the blind man after dinner?
(a) With irritation
(b) Enviously
(c) With admiration
(d) Thankfully

2. What does the blind man remark about the narrator’s television set, saying, “Don’t ask me how, but I can tell”?
(a) That it is a small television set
(b) That it is an old television set
(c) That the sound seems rough
(d) That it is a color television set

3. 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) They annoy me
(c) I prefer the radio
(d) I have never seen a TV in my life

4. The narrator says that his wife first contacted the blind man after how much time had passed since she’d worked for him?
(a) 3 years
(b) 8 months
(c) 5 years
(d) 1 year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story, the narrator says, “I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was” what?

2. In what year was “Cathedral” first published in a periodical?

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

4. Travis A.F.B. is described as being near what city in the short story?

5. “Cathedral” is a short story that is driven by what literary element?

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