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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Supernatural Horror in Literature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lovecraft write "appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races, and is crystallized in the most archaic ballads, chronicles, and sacred writings"?
(a) Pulp fiction.
(b) Horror writing.
(c) Cosmic horror.
(d) Weird fiction.

2. What is the narrator's job in the dream-land, in "Polaris"?
(a) Lookout.
(b) Carriage driver.
(c) Cook.
(d) Farmer.

3. Where does the narrator find himself in the end of "The White Ship"?
(a) The ship.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) A hospital.

4. What is referred to as the land of pleasures unattained, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Cathuria.
(b) Thalarian.
(c) Sona-Nyl.
(d) Xura.

5. What did the sailor awake to find himself surrounded by in "Dagon"?
(a) Dark ooze.
(b) Lava.
(c) Yellow light.
(d) White light.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the character Iranon from, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

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

4. Who tells the stranger about Aira, in the end of "The Quest of Iranon"?

5. What does Tillinghast tell the narrator they are viewing with the machine on, in "From Beyond"?

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