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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says that after the death of the blind man’s wife, he was left with half of what kind of coin?
(a) A twenty-peso Mexican coin
(b) A fifty-dinar Algerian coin
(c) A fifty-rupee Indian coin
(d) A ten-dollar New Zealand coin

3. What does the narrator give as a response to the narrator’s question of whether he was going to stay with his work?
(a) I haven’t had any other offers
(b) What were the options?
(c) It would be hard to take a pay cut
(d) It pays the bills

4. At the end of the story, the narrator says, “I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was” what?
(a) In my right mind
(b) Inside anything
(c) Physically there
(d) Imagining anything

5. What does the narrator say about his and his wife’s sleeping patterns in the story?
(a) My wife and I hardly ever went to bed at the same time
(b) She is always the first to bed
(c) We always go to bed at the same time
(d) I am always the first to bed

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator surmises of the blind man’s wife that she could wear what color eye-shadow around one eye and it wouldn’t make a difference?

2. How long is the blind man staying with the narrator and his wife in the story?

3. What does the narrator’s wife say she is going to do upstairs as she exits, leaving the narrator and the blind man alone after dinner?

4. The narrator says in the beginning of the story, “My idea of blindness came from” what?

5. What artistic forms are addressed in “Cathedral”?

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