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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beyond the Wall of Sleep.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the narrator's dream in "Polaris," he finds himself in a city between the peaks of Noton and what?
(a) Kadiphonek.
(b) Alhtoa.
(c) Lomar.
(d) Olathoe.

2. When does the author write in "Polaris," "the winds from the north curse and whine, and the red-leaved trees of the swamp mutter things to one another in the small hours of the morning under the horned waning moon"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

3. The narrator invents a machine that would let him see what, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Through time.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Beyond death.
(d) Thoughts.

4. What is the narrator to do if the Inutos gain the upper hand in the battle, in "Polaris"?
(a) Save the women and children.
(b) Light a signal fire.
(c) Join the battle.
(d) Burn the village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's job in the dream-land, in "Polaris"?

2. What does the sailor in "Dagon" find on the monolith on the island?

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

4. Once the narrator hooks his machine to the patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," he sees a world made of what?

5. What is the name of the land in which the narrator finds himself dreaming, in "Polaris"?

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