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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many short stories are included in the anthology Cathedral?
(a) 5
(b) 12
(c) 4
(d) 7

2. The narrator says in the beginning of the story, “My idea of blindness came from” what?
(a) Church sermons
(b) The movies
(c) Word of mouth
(d) Magazines

3. Where does the narrator sit when he returns to the living room with a pen and paper?
(a) On the sofa
(b) In a chair
(c) On the table
(d) On the floor

4. What kind of pie does the narrator’s wife serve at dinner?
(a) Apple pie
(b) Strawberry pie
(c) Peach pie
(d) Banana cream pie

5. What are the central motifs in “Cathedral”?
(a) Marriage and weddings
(b) Blood and music
(c) Vision and blindness
(d) Strawberries and fruit

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator’s wife tells him early in the story, “if you had a friend, any friend, and the friend came to visit, I’d” what?

2. The blind man asks the narrator’s wife if he looks what, when he meets her husband?

3. What novelist was Raymond Carver’s mentor and teacher?

4. After hearing her name, the narrator asks his wife what question?

5. What do the narrator and his wife drink when they sit down to talk with the blind man after he’s arrived?

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