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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the anthology entitled Cathedral published?
(a) 1983
(b) 1974
(c) 1947
(d) 1962

2. In what year was “Cathedral” first published in a periodical?
(a) 1964
(b) 1992
(c) 1975
(d) 1981

3. What does the narrator do when the blind man says after the drawing is complete, “Take a look. What do you think?”
(a) He keeps his eyes closed
(b) He calls for his wife
(c) He begins to weep
(d) He looks at the drawing

4. Why does the narrator’s wife say she shouldn’t be smoking this when she is passed the joint in the story?
(a) I could get drug tested
(b) It makes me too talkative
(c) It is the devil’s weed
(d) I can barely keep my eyes open as it is

5. 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?
(a) Get along with him
(b) Make him feel comfortable
(c) Pretend to like him
(d) Tell him some stories

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that the “was having a drink and” doing what when he “heard the car pull into the drive” with his wife and the blind man?

2. How does the narrator describe the physicality of the blind man after his arrival?

3. 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?

4. What do the narrator and his wife offer the blind man as they smoke marijuana in the story?

5. What does the blind man ask the narrator about the paintings on the walls of the church in the television show?

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