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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator finds a pen for the blind man where in his house?
(a) On the kitchen counter
(b) In his desk drawer
(c) In a basket on his wife’s table
(d) In the garage

2. Where does the narrator go to find a pen and paper when the blind man suggests it at night?
(a) Upstairs
(b) To the nursery
(c) To the bathroom
(d) To the basement

3. What central theme unites the main characters in “Cathedral”?
(a) Maternal love
(b) Lust
(c) Alienation
(d) Overreaching ambition

4. What drink does the blind man ask for when the narrator offers him one after his arrival?
(a) Rum
(b) Scotch
(c) Vodka
(d) Tequila

5. The blind man asks the narrator’s wife if he looks what, when he meets her husband?
(a) Distinguished
(b) Disheveled
(c) Disinterested
(d) Displaced

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator notes in the story that “A wink is the same thing as” what “to a blind man”?

3. How did the blind man’s wife die?

4. Where is the blind man going to visit his dead wife’s relatives in the beginning of the story?

5. How does the narrator feel about the blind man’s visit in the beginning of the story?

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