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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the television show about the Church pans across the countryside, the narrator describes men walking behind what?
(a) Chickens
(b) Oxen
(c) Pigs
(d) Sheep

2. What kind of meat does the narrator’s wife serve for dinner in the story?
(a) Pork roast
(b) Baked salmon
(c) Cube steak
(d) Lamb chops

3. What does the protagonist in “Cathedral” gain by the end of the story?
(a) Anger and resentment
(b) Political favor
(c) Empathy and understanding
(d) Money and security

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go to find a pen and paper when the blind man suggests it at night?

2. What does the narrator give as a response to the narrator’s question of whether he was going to stay with his work?

3. What word from the story refers to a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or roof-like construction upon a tower?

4. How did the blind man’s wife die?

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

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