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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 narrator suggest to his wife he could do when the blind man comes to visit, causing her exasperation?
(a) He could take him to church
(b) He could invite him to the opera
(c) He could take him to a ballgame
(d) He could take him bowling

2. How old does the narrator describe the blind man as being?
(a) In his early fifties
(b) In his late thirties
(c) In his early twenties
(d) In his late forties

3. What is the first thing the narrator says he draws in his attempt to recreate a cathedral for the blind man?
(a) A rickety old shack
(b) A barn-like structure
(c) A box that looked like a house
(d) A tent of some kind

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

5. What is playing on the television as the narrator’s wife exits upstairs in the story?
(a) A late-night comedy show
(b) Entertainment news
(c) A game show
(d) The weather report

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes in the story that “A wink is the same thing as” what “to a blind man”?

2. What does the narrator say about his and his wife’s sleeping patterns in the story?

3. The narrator tells the blind man, “In those olden days, when they built cathedrals, men wanted to be” what?

4. What does the blind man say “never ends” in the story?

5. On the television show about the Church, the narrator describes a famous cathedral shown in what city?

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