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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from human, what type of skeletons does Carnby have in his house?
(a) Invertebrate.
(b) Simian.
(c) Fowl.
(d) Fish.

2. What word is used to describe Carnby's house?
(a) Dismal.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Forlorn.
(d) Ramshackle.

3. The character, afraid, realizes that he must remove which of the following from his house?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Angles.
(d) Clocks.

4. What is the surname of the narrator's friend?
(a) Chambers.
(b) Charles.
(c) Chalmers.
(d) Chuckey.

5. The Black Stone is rumored to have been erected in honor of which famous man?
(a) Ghengis Khan.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Atilla the Hun.
(d) Pol Pot.

6. The black stone reminds the narrator of a similar stone found in which remote region?
(a) African jungle.
(b) Brazilian rainforest.
(c) Yucatan.
(d) Amazon.

7. What type of ancient writings accompanied the statue?
(a) Petroglyphs.
(b) Hieroglyphics.
(c) Futhark.
(d) Runes.

8. Carnby seems to be most interested in which time period?
(a) Dark Ages.
(b) Baroque.
(c) Renaissance.
(d) Medieval.

9. In what year did the village slaughter take place?
(a) 1526.
(b) 1587.
(c) 1483.
(d) 1612.

10. The group lived in which hilly region?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Clare.
(c) Galloway.
(d) Salisbury.

11. What was the name of the university in which Angell taught?
(a) Brown.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Yale.

12. Carny says that he has made a list out of studying ______ and sorcery.
(a) Demonology.
(b) Parapsychology.
(c) Voodoo.
(d) Paganism.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of primitives is linked to the Scots?

2. What was the name of the luminous stone featured in The Haunter of the Dark?

3. Chalmers accidentally attracts the attention of which of the following?

4. What adjective is used to describe the black stone and the similar rock?

5. In what year did the man die?

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