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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 happens to Slater in the end of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) He dies.
(b) He goes home.
(c) He wakes up.
(d) He gets married.

2. Where was "The White Ship" first published?
(a) The United Amateur.
(b) The Fantasy Reader.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) The Written Word.

3. What had risen from the depths, during the night in "Dagon"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A submarine.
(d) An evil spirit.

4. The patient in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" has night rants that are described as extremely what?
(a) Literate.
(b) Violent.
(c) Illiterate.
(d) Endangering.

5. What is the narrator's job in the dream-land, in "Polaris"?
(a) Lookout.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Cook.
(d) Carriage driver.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's occupation in "The White Ship"?

3. What lures the narrator to sleep, in "Polaris"?

4. Where does the narrator decide to travel after many eons, in "The White Ship"?

5. On what land, in "The White Ship," is there neither time nor space, suffering nor death?

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