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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Ship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people of Sarnath do what to the beings of Ib?
(a) Worship them.
(b) Exile them.
(c) Trade with them.
(d) Kill them.

2. When was the story "Polaris" written?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1918.

3. Who are the enemies of the people of Olathoe, in "Polaris"?
(a) Antigans.
(b) Alhtohans.
(c) Inutos.
(d) Intutus.

4. What is the narrator's position in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Medical internist.
(c) Professor.
(d) Janitor.

5. In what land is there a vast, still lake that is fed by no stream, but out of which no stream flows, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) Mnar.
(b) Agar.
(c) Sarnath.
(d) Ib.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator first sail, in "The White Ship"?

2. Who is on the white ship seen by the narrator, in "The White Ship"?

3. What is Polaris another name for?

4. The narrator in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" believes the human mind is sometimes able to visit where in sleep?

5. When does the author write in "Polaris," "the winds from the north curse and whine, and the red-leaved trees of the swamp mutter things to one another in the small hours of the morning under the horned waning moon"?

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