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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. In what branch of the military is Altberg, in "The Temple"?

2. What is the name of the boy Iranon befriends in Teloth?

3. What does Iranon meet upon leaving Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

4. What were both sculptors in "The Tree" summoned to create a sculpture of?

5. What is knocked over and burns Herbert West's laboratory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Altberg's crew after the ivory figurine is brought aboard the craft?

2. What happens at the top of the mountain in "The Other Gods"? What do they do?

3. What happens to the dean in "Herbert West-Reanimator"? Where is he placed after capture?

4. Where does "The Other Gods" take place? Where have this setting and some characters been seen previously?

5. What happens in the ending of "Hypnos"? What does the narrator discover?

6. What does Herbert West do in Boston? What are the effects of his experiments there?

7. Where does Iranon go after leaving Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"? How does the story end?

8. What theory does Herbert West develop in college? What does this lead to?

9. What happens to make the characters in "Hypnos" desire to stay awake?

10. How does Tillinghast define the "blobs" once the machine is on, in "From Beyond"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe H.P. Lovecraft's "dream vision" narratives. What stories in the collection are told in this style? What effect does it have on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the character of Basil Elton from "The White Ship" to Kurane in "Celephais." How are these protagonists similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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