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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of “Cathedral”?
(a) The narrator’s wife
(b) The narrator
(c) Robert
(d) Barry Fitzgerald

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

3. The narrator says of the blind man that he’d done “a little bit of everything, it seemed, a regular” what?
(a) Blind jack-of-all-trades
(b) Barry Fitzgerald
(c) John Muir
(d) Disabled explorer

4. Why does the narrator’s wife say she shouldn’t be smoking this when she is passed the joint in the story?
(a) It is the devil’s weed
(b) I could get drug tested
(c) It makes me too talkative
(d) I can barely keep my eyes open as it is

5. What word from the story refers to a hooded garment worn by monks?
(a) Cowl
(b) Kimono
(c) Mukluk
(d) Anorak

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the blind man put his hand as the narrator begins to draw in the story?

2. What tool does the narrator note the blind man does not use after his arrival?

3. When the blind man asks the narrator to describe a cathedral to him, what is the first thing the narrator says?

4. How did the blind man’s wife die?

5. What does the blind man ask the narrator about the paintings on the walls of the church in the television show?

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