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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. 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) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

2. How did the sailor escape in "Dagon"?
(a) He swam.
(b) Lifeboat.
(c) He levitated.
(d) His crew saved him.

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

4. 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.

5. What lures the narrator to sleep, in "Polaris"?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The moon.
(c) The ocean.
(d) A fairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the demon hiding which the being goes to destroy, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

2. The sailor in "Dagon"concluded it would be safest to explore the island when?

3. In the narrator's dream in "Polaris," he finds himself in a city between the peaks of Noton and what?

4. Where did the bravest warriors go to meet their enemies for battle in Olathoe, in the story "Polaris"?

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

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