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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. What do the narrator and his companion follow in their ship, in "The White Ship"?
(a) A star.
(b) A bird.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A rainbow.

2. What does the boy traveler, in "The Cats of Ulthar," do after being told of the cotter?
(a) Killed the cotter.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Danced.
(d) Wept.

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

4. After how many days does the boy traveler's kitten go missing, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the narrator first dream he is in, in "Polaris"?

2. What great stone city had once stood by the lake, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

3. What had risen from the depths, during the night in "Dagon"?

4. In Celephais, there is no what?

5. The sailor in "Dagon"concluded it would be safest to explore the island when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Sarnath after the slaying of the creatures of Ib? For how many years does the city prosper?

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

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

5. Describe the dream land of the narrator in "Polaris." What is taking place in the dream-world?

6. Where is the monolith in "Dagon"? What does the sailor find there?

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

8. What is the narrator's job in the climax of "Polaris"? Where does he go?

9. What action takes place in the beginning of "Dagon"? What is the setting?

10. Who is the protagonist of "The White Ship"? Where is he when the story begins?

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