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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. Where was it rumored the people of Ib had descended from where, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) The moon.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mars.

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

3. Who "would meditate upon the visions that filled his mind, and there devise the forms of beauty which later became immortal in breathing marble," in "The Tree"?
(a) Kalos.
(b) The king.
(c) The prince.
(d) Musides.

4. What has Tillinghast always been fascinated by, in "From Beyond"?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Art.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Music.

5. Where have men "heard the sighs of the gods in the plaintive dawn-winds," in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Kadath.
(b) Lerion.
(c) Ngranek.
(d) Thurai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word could be defined as 'pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspects'?

2. What does Altberg find coming from the temple, in "The Temple"?

3. Who dies in Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

4. What does the narrator do to the machine, in "From Beyond"?

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

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