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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beyond the Wall of Sleep.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did the sailor shelter himself on his stranded boat before venturing out, in "Dagon"?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. The sailor in "Dagon"concluded it would be safest to explore the island when?
(a) In the morning.
(b) In the evening.
(c) In the day.
(d) At night.

3. 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"?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. What does the narrator long to be, but was found unworthy, in "Polaris"?
(a) A warror.
(b) A prince.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A king.

5. The narrator in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" believes the human mind is sometimes able to visit where in sleep?
(a) Other planets.
(b) Alternate realities.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sailor in "Dagon" find on the monolith on the island?

2. The creature in "Dagon" is described as half-man, half-what?

3. How did the sailor escape in "Dagon"?

4. What is Polaris another name for?

5. In the narrator's dream in "Polaris," he finds himself in a city between the peaks of Noton and what?

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