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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the blind man take from the backseat of the car when he and the narrator’s wife arrive at the narrator’s home?
(a) A hat
(b) A suitcase
(c) A jacket
(d) A book

2. The narrator finds a pen for the blind man where in his house?
(a) In his desk drawer
(b) In the garage
(c) On the kitchen counter
(d) In a basket on his wife’s table

3. The narrator says that after the death of the blind man’s wife, he was left with half of what kind of coin?
(a) A fifty-dinar Algerian coin
(b) A ten-dollar New Zealand coin
(c) A fifty-rupee Indian coin
(d) A twenty-peso Mexican coin

4. What does the narrator tell the blind man regarding the strength of the marijuana they are smoking?
(a) That it is about average
(b) It is extremely weak
(c) That it is mild
(d) It is the best he’s ever smoked

5. What does the protagonist in “Cathedral” gain by the end of the story?
(a) Political favor
(b) Money and security
(c) Anger and resentment
(d) Empathy and understanding

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

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

4. What is the blind man’s response when the narrator asks “if he wanted to smoke some dope with me”?

5. What does the narrator suggest to his wife he could do when the blind man comes to visit, causing her exasperation?

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