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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says of the “officer-to-be” that he’d been his wife’s what?
(a) School rival
(b) Familial enemy
(c) Childhood sweetheart
(d) Cousin

3. Exasperated by his inability to explain a cathedral to the blind man, the narrator apologizes and says, “The truth is, cathedrals don’t mean” what to him?
(a) Anything special
(b) Success
(c) Godliness
(d) The world

4. What is the blind man’s name in the story?
(a) Jacob
(b) William
(c) Robert
(d) Marcus

5. The blind man tells the narrator as he continues his drawing of the cathedral, “You got it, bub. I can tell. You didn’t think you could. But you can, can’t you? You’re cooking with” what?
(a) Gas now
(b) Grease
(c) Charcoal
(d) Dry tinder

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the blind man live?

2. Where is Travis A.F.B. located?

3. What is the narrator’s prayer before dinner in the story?

4. When was Raymond Carver’s short story collection Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Published?

5. What slang term does the blind man use at the end of the story to mean “to lie”?

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