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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “Cathedral” is a short story that is driven by what literary element?
(a) Irony
(b) Character
(c) Setting
(d) Plot

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

3. When the blind man smokes his second hit of marijuana, the narrator says, “It was like he’d been doing this since he was” how old?
(a) Nine years old
(b) Five years old
(c) Twelve years old
(d) Sixteen years old

4. How did the narrator’s wife’s first marriage end?
(a) Her husband committed suicide
(b) Her husband was incarcerated
(c) She and her husband got divorced
(d) Her husband was murdered

5. What were the literary formats that Raymond Carver’s career was dedicated to?
(a) Essays and memoirs
(b) Nonfiction histories and short stories
(c) Novels and biographies
(d) Short stories and poetry

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color are the narrator’s wife’s robe and slippers?

3. What drink does the blind man ask for when the narrator offers him one after his arrival?

4. How is the narrator’s viewpoint of blind people characterized in the beginning of the story?

5. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what in her nostril and it wouldn’t make a difference?

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