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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where have "men have felt the tears of the gods though they have thought it rain," in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Gorunu.
(b) Kadath.
(c) Thurai.
(d) Ngranek.

2. The narrator of "From Beyond" states, in the beginning of the narrative, he hasn't seen his friend for how long?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 and 1/2 months.
(d) 3 months.

3. The people of Teloth, in "The Quest of Iranon," are described as very what?
(a) Jovial.
(b) Somber.
(c) Ephemeral.
(d) Spirited.

4. What is described as near the olive grove in "The Tree"?
(a) A tomb.
(b) A well.
(c) A temple.
(d) A castle.

5. Where have men "heard the sighs of the gods in the plaintive dawn-winds," in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Kadath.
(b) Ngranek.
(c) Lerion.
(d) Thurai.

6. The stranger's voice, in "Hypnos," is described as "the music of deep viols and of crystalline" what?
(a) Spheres.
(b) Raindrops.
(c) Notes.
(d) Teardrops.

7. In "The Other Gods," the gods left a graven image on the face of the mountain which they called what?
(a) Menes.
(b) Bokrug.
(c) Kadath.
(d) Ngranek.

8. What begins to follow the submarine, in "The Temple"?
(a) Octupi.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Whales.
(d) Dolphins.

9. Altberg is the captain of what, in "The Temple"?
(a) A freight ship.
(b) A war ship.
(c) A submarine.
(d) An oil tanker.

10. What does Herbert West use to reanimate dead bodies?
(a) Serum.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Blood.
(d) Nitrogen.

11. Who engaged in heavy drinking and reveling in Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"?
(a) Romnod.
(b) The prince.
(c) The king.
(d) Celephais.

12. How was Major Sir Eric Moreland Clapham-Lee killed, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?
(a) Strangulation.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Decapitation.
(d) Fire.

13. Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hypnos?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Somnus.
(c) Argos.
(d) Zeus.

14. What happens when the servants turn on the lights, in "From Beyond"?
(a) They fell asleep.
(b) They were eaten.
(c) They imploded.
(d) They saw the Dagon.

15. Whose artwork surmounts a pillar in Athens near the Parthenon, in "The Tree"?
(a) Musides'.
(b) Kalos'.
(c) Pliny's.
(d) Michaelangelo's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what war do the narrator and West volunteer, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?

2. The captain's log, of "The Temple," was found off the coast of what?

3. The narrator in, "Hypnos," writes of the stranger, "this man was a faun's statue out of antique ____..."

4. What is the young apprentice priest's name, in "The Other Gods"?

5. Who is the friend of the narrator in "From Beyond"?

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