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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. How did the sailor escape the island in "Dagon"?
(a) He rode the creature.
(b) An ambulance arrived.
(c) A plane took him.
(d) He forgot.

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

3. What did Joe Slater awaken from a nightmare to do, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Kill his children.
(c) Kill a man.
(d) Kill his wife.

4. What does the narrator long to be, but was found unworthy, in "Polaris"?
(a) A prince.
(b) A warror.
(c) A king.
(d) A shepherd.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the enemies of the people of Olathoe, in "Polaris"?

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

4. What is the name of the psychiatric patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

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

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