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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Ship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is referred to as the land of pleasures unattained, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Thalarian.
(b) Sona-Nyl.
(c) Cathuria.
(d) Xura.

2. Once the narrator hooks his machine to the patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," he sees a world made of what?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Light.
(c) Gold.
(d) Darkness.

3. What happens to the lake in the ending of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) It disappears.
(b) It sinks.
(c) It dries completely.
(d) It rises.

4. The creature in "Dagon" is described as half-man, half-what?
(a) Fish.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Cat.
(d) Bird.

5. What is the name of the narrator in "The White Ship"?
(a) Basil Elton.
(b) Iranor.
(c) Crawford Tillinghast.
(d) Kurane.

Short Answer Questions

1. The god the beings of Ib worship is described as a great what?

2. What city stood 10,000 years ago but stands no more, in the story "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

3. The narrator in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" believes the human mind is sometimes able to visit where in sleep?

4. What did the sailor in "Dagon" eventually become addicted to?

5. What did the sailor awake to find himself surrounded by in "Dagon"?

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