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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was "The Cats of Ulthar" first published?
(a) The Fantasy Reader.
(b) The United Amateur.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) The Tryout.

2. What did Joe Slater awaken from a nightmare to do, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Kill his children.
(b) Kill his wife.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Kill a man.

3. What does Kurane has believe has been sucked out of the life of modern men, in "Celephais"?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Myth.

4. What lures the narrator to sleep, in "Polaris"?
(a) The moon.
(b) A fairy.
(c) The North Star.
(d) The ocean.

5. Where were the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar," coming from?
(a) The north.
(b) The south.
(c) The west.
(d) The east.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the narrator's occupation in "The White Ship"?

4. When was the story "Polaris" written?

5. What were on the sides of the vehicles of the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator, in the ending of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? Where does the light being go?

2. How is Celephais described? Where does Kurane decide to travel there?

3. Describe the narrative style of "Dagon." What is the voice of the narration?

4. What happens to Kurane in the ending of "Celephais"?

5. What does the narrator write about Slater's behavior at the hospital, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? What is notable about his dreams?

6. Describe the protagonist of "Celephais." Where does he live?

7. How is the land of Zar described in "The White Ship"? How is Thalarian described?

8. What law rules the land in Ulthar? What does the narrator describe as happening before the law went into place?

9. What is the narrative style of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? How does this compare to Lovecraft's other works in the collection?

10. What strangers arrive in Ulthar? How are they described in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

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