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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along what river does the narrator describe the train going on the route from his home to New York?
(a) The Hudson River
(b) The Green River
(c) The Niagara River
(d) The Snake River

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

3. The narrator asks the blind man while they watch TV if he knows the difference between a cathedral and what?
(a) An Islamic mosque
(b) A Catholic church
(c) A Baptist church
(d) A Jewish synagogue

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

5. What does the narrator give as a response to the narrator’s question of whether he was going to stay with his work?
(a) I haven’t had any other offers
(b) It would be hard to take a pay cut
(c) What were the options?
(d) It pays the bills

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did the blind man’s wife die?

2. Where does the blind man live?

3. At what point in the story does the protagonist reach his major epiphany?

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

5. In what year was “Cathedral” chosen to appear in The Best American Short Stories?

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