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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Doom that Came to Sarnath.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" set?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

2. Where was "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The Amateur.
(c) Pine Cones.
(d) Fantasy Reader.

3. What is the name of the land in which the narrator finds himself dreaming, in "Polaris"?
(a) Lomar.
(b) Olathoe.
(c) Kadiphonek.
(d) Alhtoa.

4. What does the sailor in "Dagon" find on the monolith on the island?
(a) Blood.
(b) Hieroglyphics.
(c) A giant whale.
(d) Grey ooze.

5. The god the beings of Ib worship is described as a great what?
(a) Water lizard.
(b) Cat-being.
(c) Lion.
(d) Whale-man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the lake in the ending of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

2. What does the narrator long to be, but was found unworthy, in "Polaris"?

3. When was the story "Polaris" written?

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

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

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