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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pie does the narrator’s wife serve at dinner?
(a) Peach pie
(b) Banana cream pie
(c) Strawberry pie
(d) Apple pie

2. What does the blind man instruct the narrator to do after he’s almost completed the drawing of the cathedral?
(a) To close his mouth
(b) To say a prayer
(c) To open his mind
(d) To close his eyes

3. Where does the narrator tell the blind man the show about cathedrals has traveled to, where there are “paintings on the walls of this one church”?
(a) Italy
(b) Denmark
(c) Romania
(d) Finland

4. What vegetable does the narrator’s wife throw when she has an argument with the narrator in the beginning of the story?
(a) A pepper
(b) A potato
(c) A cucumber
(d) A carrot

5. Regarding the view from the train, the narrator says, “going to New York, you should sit” where on the train?
(a) On the left side
(b) In the front
(c) In the back
(d) On the right side

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat does the narrator’s wife serve for dinner in the story?

2. The narrator says that his wife first contacted the blind man after how much time had passed since she’d worked for him?

3. Where did Raymond Carver earn his Bachelor of Arts degree?

4. What are the central motifs in “Cathedral”?

5. What is the blind man’s name in the story?

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