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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point in the story does the protagonist reach his major epiphany?
(a) When he closes his eyes
(b) After dinner
(c) When his wife arrives home
(d) When he turns on the TV

2. What Irish actor does the blind man quote in saying “When I drink water, I drink water. When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey”?
(a) Barry Fitzgerald
(b) Stuart Townsend
(c) Brendan Gleeson
(d) Peter O’Toole

3. What does the blind man ask the narrator about the paintings on the walls of the church in the television show?
(a) If they are fresco
(b) If they are oil paintings
(c) If they are cubist
(d) If they are modernist

4. What does the narrator say causes him problems sleeping?
(a) A sore throat
(b) Dreams
(c) A bad smell
(d) His wife’s snoring

5. What does the narrator say about his and his wife’s sleeping patterns in the story?
(a) She is always the first to bed
(b) We always go to bed at the same time
(c) My wife and I hardly ever went to bed at the same time
(d) I am always the first to bed

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his wife writes one or two of every year?

2. What does the narrator see his wife doing as she parks the car when she returns with the blind man?

3. The narrator says of the blind man’s employment that most recently he and his wife had had what kind of distributorship?

4. What was the narrator’s response when the blind man asks if he likes his work?

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

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