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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator notes in the story that “A wink is the same thing as” what “to a blind man”?
(a) A kick
(b) A jump
(c) A wave
(d) A nod

2. What word from the story means large and heavy-looking?
(a) Diminutive
(b) Incremental
(c) Massive
(d) Derivative

3. The narrator says that after the death of the blind man’s wife, he was left with half of what kind of coin?
(a) A fifty-rupee Indian coin
(b) A ten-dollar New Zealand coin
(c) A twenty-peso Mexican coin
(d) A fifty-dinar Algerian coin

4. Of his knowledge of cathedrals, the blind man says that he knows from the television show that they took how many workers to build?
(a) Ten to twenty
(b) Thirty to forty
(c) Hundreds
(d) Thousands

5. What artistic forms are addressed in “Cathedral”?
(a) Drama and music
(b) Novel writing and music
(c) Poetry and drawing
(d) Sculpture and dance

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator feels pity for the blind man when he considers that he lived with and loved his wife without ever having what?

2. What is the narrator’s final comment to the blind man in the story?

3. What was the narrator’s wife’s position when she worked for the blind man?

4. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s attire when he arrives?

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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