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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Doom that Came to Sarnath.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sailor awake to find himself surrounded by in "Dagon"?
(a) Dark ooze.
(b) White light.
(c) Yellow light.
(d) Lava.

2. What is the narrator to do if the Inutos gain the upper hand in the battle, in "Polaris"?
(a) Burn the village.
(b) Join the battle.
(c) Save the women and children.
(d) Light a signal fire.

3. 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) Sarnath.
(c) Agar.
(d) Ib.

4. 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) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

5. Who attacked the sailor's ship in "Dagon"?
(a) Americans.
(b) French.
(c) Italians.
(d) Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city stood 10,000 years ago but stands no more, in the story "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

2. When was the story "Polaris" written?

3. What is the name of the land in which the narrator finds himself dreaming, in "Polaris"?

4. What refers to a single structure that arises from the ground?

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

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