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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says of the blind man’s employment that most recently he and his wife had had what kind of distributorship?
(a) Safeway
(b) Amway
(c) Automobile
(d) Electronics

2. What does the blind man do as the narrator attempts to explain cathedrals to him?
(a) He runs his fingers through his beard
(b) He snaps his fingers rhythmically
(c) He hums a tune softly
(d) He taps on the table repeatedly

3. On the television show about the Church, the narrator describes a famous cathedral shown in what city?
(a) Warsaw
(b) Berlin
(c) Zurich
(d) Paris

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

5. When the blind man smokes his second hit of marijuana, the narrator says, “It was like he’d been doing this since he was” how old?
(a) Sixteen years old
(b) Nine years old
(c) Twelve years old
(d) Five years old

Short Answer Questions

1. What central theme unites the main characters in “Cathedral”?

2. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s attire when he arrives?

3. Of the religious pageant on the television show, the narrator says it takes place yearly where?

4. What did the blind man ask the narrator’s wife if he could do on her last day working for him?

5. Why does the narrator’s wife say she shouldn’t be smoking this when she is passed the joint in the story?

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