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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years were the blind man and his wife married before her health went rapidly in decline?
(a) 13
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 8

2. What does the blind man do as the narrator attempts to explain cathedrals to him?
(a) He taps on the table repeatedly
(b) He hums a tune softly
(c) He runs his fingers through his beard
(d) He snaps his fingers rhythmically

3. What does the narrator’s wife say when she awakens as the narrator is drawing a cathedral?
(a) Where are the children?
(b) What are you doing? Tell me, I want to know
(c) What time is it? Why are you still awake?
(d) I’ve got to call my mother

4. What does the narrator see his wife doing as she parks the car when she returns with the blind man?
(a) Laughing
(b) Crying
(c) Holding his hand
(d) Screaming

5. Exasperated by his inability to explain a cathedral to the blind man, the narrator apologizes and says, “The truth is, cathedrals don’t mean” what to him?
(a) The world
(b) Success
(c) Anything special
(d) Godliness

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story refers to a hooded garment worn by monks?

2. What question does the blind man ask the narrator as the narrator begins drawing the cathedral in the story?

3. What was the last part of the blind man’s tape that the narrator heard when his wife played it for him?

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?

5. What does the narrator admit he does not believe in when discussing matters with the blind man late at night in the story?

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