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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says in the beginning of the story, “My idea of blindness came from” what?
(a) The movies
(b) Church sermons
(c) Magazines
(d) Word of mouth

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

4. 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) Spire
(d) Bluff

5. According to the narrator, the train ride from the blind man’s in-laws’ home to the narrator’s home takes how long?
(a) 9 hours
(b) 12 hours
(c) 5 hours
(d) 2 hours

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the first words that the blind man says to the narrator when he arrives?

2. The narrator says that after the death of the blind man’s wife, he was left with half of what kind of coin?

3. Where does the narrator’s wife go to pick up her blind friend who comes to visit?

4. What does the narrator describe as “little statues carved to look like monsters”?

5. By what familyar nickname does the blind man call the narrator?

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