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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kurane in his family lineage, in "Celephais"?

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

3. What is described as the pink marble city, in "Celephais"?

4. Celephais is located by what sea?

5. The narrator, in "Celephais," describes Kurane as not what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Kurane do once he has reappeared in London, in "Celephais"?

3. Describe the hero's journeys to Xura and Sona-Nyl in "The White Ship." How long does he stay?

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

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

6. Where does the sailor go after escaping the war ship in "Dagon"? Where does he find himself?

7. Describe the narrator of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." How does he introduce the story?

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

9. When does Joe Slater come to the hospital in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? How is Slater described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the people of Sarnath and the creatures of Ib in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath." How does the narrator compare these groups in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Joe Slater in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." How does the narrator know Slater? How does he describe him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Crawford Tillinghast's machine in "From Beyond." What is the character's theory about the pineal gland? How feasible is this theory?

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