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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Black
(b) Silver
(c) Green
(d) White

2. What does the narrator see his wife doing as she parks the car when she returns with the blind man?
(a) Crying
(b) Holding his hand
(c) Screaming
(d) Laughing

3. Where is McConnell A.F.B. located?
(a) Georgia
(b) Kansas
(c) California
(d) New Jersey

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

5. The blind man discusses his ham radio operator friends in “Guam, in the Philippines, in Alaska, and even” where?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Australia
(c) Tahiti
(d) Poland

Short Answer Questions

1. What slang term does the blind man use at the end of the story to mean “to lie”?

2. By what familyar nickname does the blind man call the narrator?

3. What word from the story means large and heavy-looking?

4. What was the narrator’s response when the blind man asks if he likes his work?

5. The narrator feels pity for the blind man when he considers that he lived with and loved his wife without ever having what?

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