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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator, in "Celephais," describes Kurane as not what?
(a) Imaginative.
(b) Adventurous.
(c) Creative.
(d) Modern.

2. What is Polaris another name for?
(a) The North Star.
(b) Aquarius.
(c) Orion.
(d) The Big Dipper.

3. The creature in "Dagon" is described as half-man, half-what?
(a) Bird.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cat.

4. What is the name of the psychiatric patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Jerry Slater.
(b) Andy Slater.
(c) Joe Martin.
(d) Joe Slater.

5. 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.

6. Where did the bravest warriors go to meet their enemies for battle in Olathoe, in the story "Polaris"?
(a) The mountain pass.
(b) The fortress.
(c) The river mouth.
(d) The shore.

7. What happens to Slater in the end of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) He goes home.
(b) He gets married.
(c) He wakes up.
(d) He dies.

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

9. What is the name of the narrator in "The White Ship"?
(a) Iranor.
(b) Basil Elton.
(c) Crawford Tillinghast.
(d) Kurane.

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

11. How did the sailor escape in "Dagon"?
(a) His crew saved him.
(b) Lifeboat.
(c) He levitated.
(d) He swam.

12. Where was the psychiatric patient from, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Western Kentucky.
(b) Upstate New York.
(c) Southern Illinois.
(d) Upstate Massachusetts.

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

14. What city does the narrator first dream he is in, in "Polaris"?
(a) Kadiphonek.
(b) Olathoe.
(c) Lomar.
(d) Alhtoa.

15. Once the narrator hooks his machine to the patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," he sees a world made of what?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Light.
(c) Gold.
(d) Shadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kurane has believe has been sucked out of the life of modern men, in "Celephais"?

2. On what land, in "The White Ship," is there neither time nor space, suffering nor death?

3. What lures the narrator to sleep, in "Polaris"?

4. The patient in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" has night rants that are described as extremely what?

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"?

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