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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the proper name for the shape of the black stone?
(a) Obelisk.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) Isotoxal.
(d) Centroid.

2. Which group of scientists attempted to decipher the writing on the black stone?
(a) Etymologist.
(b) Anthropologist.
(c) Philologist.
(d) Archeologist.

3. What is the name of the ancient city mentioned in The Return of the Sorcerer?
(a) Babylon.
(b) R'lyeh.
(c) Mhu Thulan.
(d) Olympus.

4. The object supposedly came from which era?
(a) Neanderthal.
(b) Jurassic.
(c) Miocene.
(d) Pleistocene.

5. What major natural disaster strikes?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Fire.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Flood.

6. What adjective is used to describe the costumes?
(a) Ragged.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Shredded.
(d) Medieval.

7. What unusual animal is suspended from the ceiling?
(a) Hedgehog.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Goat.
(d) Crocodile.

8. The book talks about a certain time of year when people visit the black stone. What time of year is mentioned?
(a) Lughnasa.
(b) Midsummer Night.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Imbolc.

9. What is the name of the sorcerer in the story?
(a) Zon.
(b) Ubbo.
(c) Baleth.
(d) Junzt.

10. The narrator is hired in part because he is fluent in which language?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Swedish.
(c) French.
(d) Arabic.

11. The vile extraterrestrial was rumored to be afraid of which of the following?
(a) Light.
(b) Dark.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

12. In what year was the man born?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1804
(d) 1782

13. Chalmers accidentally attracts the attention of which of the following?
(a) Gatekeepers.
(b) Time keepers.
(c) Gods.
(d) Hounds.

14. What famous book is mentioned in the story?
(a) Ahkashic Records.
(b) Necronomicon.
(c) Alistair Crowley's biography.
(d) TIbetan Book of the Dead.

15. What is Ubbo-Sathla?
(a) Mist.
(b) Slime.
(c) Sorcery.
(d) Mud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnby seems to be most interested in which time period?

2. The narrator buys which unusually large object at an antiquities shop?

3. In The Call of Cthulhu, what item is supposedly evil?

4. The story refers to which ancient great mythical person?

5. One person believed a certain type of group lived in the area of the black stone. What type of group is referred to in the story?

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