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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator tells the blind man that sometimes cathedrals have “devils and such carved into the front. Sometimes” what?
(a) Kings and bishops
(b) Lords and ladies
(c) Plants and animals
(d) Peasants and thieves

2. What does the blind man ask the narrator after giving prefacing it with, “Hey, listen. I hope you don’t mind my asking you. Can I ask you something? Let me ask you a simple question, yes or no”?
(a) He asks if the narrator is a dog lover
(b) He asks if the narrator is a sports fan
(c) He asks if the narrator is religious
(d) He asks if the narrator is true to his wife

3. For what literary genre is author Raymond Carver most well known?
(a) Absurdist drama
(b) Minimalist fiction
(c) Epic literature
(d) Science fiction

4. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what color eye-shadow around one eye and it wouldn’t make a difference?
(a) Green
(b) White
(c) Black
(d) Silver

5. How does the narrator say he felt about their old sofa (that they replaced) when the blind man arrives?
(a) I hated that crummy sofa
(b) I found it so uncomfortable
(c) I still remember the day I bought it
(d) I’d liked that old sofa

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is McGuire A.F.B. located?

2. What did the narrator’s wife wash down all the pills from the medicine cabinet with while she was at Travis A.F.B.?

3. The blind man tells the narrator as he continues his drawing of the cathedral, “You got it, bub. I can tell. You didn’t think you could. But you can, can’t you? You’re cooking with” what?

4. What instruction does the blind man give to the narrator as he draws the cathedral in the story?

5. What central theme unites the main characters in “Cathedral”?

(see the answer key)

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