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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the blind man’s wife who recently passed away in the story?
(a) Christine
(b) Maria
(c) Beulah
(d) Melissa

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

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

4. After hearing her name, the narrator asks his wife what question?
(a) Was his wife Canadian?
(b) Was his wife a Yankee?
(c) Was his wife southern?
(d) Was his wife a Negro?

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) 2 hours
(b) 9 hours
(c) 12 hours
(d) 5 hours

Short Answer Questions

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

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. As the narrator continues his drawing of the cathedral, he comments near the end of the story, “His fingers rode my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like” what?

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

5. What does the narrator do when the blind man says after the drawing is complete, “Take a look. What do you think?”

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