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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cats of Ulthar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What psychologist does the narrator cite in the opening of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) Alexander Williams.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) James Hotmore.
(d) Carl Jung.

2. What does a boy messenger report seeing, surrounding the cotter's house, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Lions.
(d) Bears.

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

4. Where was "The Cats of Ulthar" first published?
(a) The Tryout.
(b) The Fantasy Reader.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) The United Amateur.

5. Where was "The White Ship" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The United Amateur.
(c) The Fantasy Reader.
(d) The Written Word.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the sailor taken aboard as prisoner in "Dagon"?

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

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

4. How did the sailor escape in "Dagon"?

5. What land is referred to as a land past the pillars that no man has ever seen, in "The White Ship"?

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