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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. The narrator in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" believes the human mind is sometimes able to visit where in sleep?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Other planets.
(c) Alternate realities.
(d) Hell.

2. Where is the demon hiding which the being goes to destroy, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Polaris.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Algol.
(d) Mars.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The creature in "Dagon" is described as half-man, half-what?

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

3. On what anniversary do the people of Sarnath complain of seeing the long dead mysterious creatures around town?

4. In what year is "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" set?

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

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