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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) 1962
(b) 1974
(c) 1947
(d) 1983

2. The narrator says, “I remembered having read somewhere that the blind didn’t smoke because, as speculation had it, they couldn’t” what?
(a) Tell how other people did it
(b) See the smoke they exhaled
(c) Avoid burning their faces
(d) Fully share the pleasure of it

3. What does the blind man say “never ends” in the story?
(a) Fantasy
(b) Learning
(c) Sorrow
(d) Pride

4. 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?
(a) A book
(b) A jacket
(c) A hat
(d) A suitcase

5. Where did the narrator’s wife fall asleep after overdosing on pills while at Travis A.F.B.?
(a) In the garage
(b) In the basement
(c) In the bathtub
(d) On the patio

Short Answer Questions

1. What term describes a movement where a literary or artistic work is set out to expose the essence or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts?

2. Regarding the view from the train, the narrator says, “going to New York, you should sit” where on the train?

3. For how many years were the blind man and his wife married before her health went rapidly in decline?

4. According to the narrator, the train ride from the blind man’s in-laws’ home to the narrator’s home takes how long?

5. What does the narrator do when the blind man says after the drawing is complete, “Take a look. What do you think?”

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