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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the high priest of Sarnath writing when he dies?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Doom."
(c) "Prosperity."
(d) "Fate."

3. What had risen from the depths, during the night in "Dagon"?
(a) A submarine.
(b) A mountain.
(c) An evil spirit.
(d) A snake.

4. What were on the sides of the vehicles of the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) Cat-humans.
(b) Flying elves.
(c) Fish-men.
(d) Dragons.

5. When was the story "Polaris" written?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1911.

6. Where does Kurane live in the beginning of "Celephais"?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

7. What did the sailor in "Dagon" eventually become addicted to?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Heroin.

8. What is described as the pink marble city, in "Celephais"?
(a) Serannian.
(b) Menes.
(c) Athib.
(d) Xura.

9. What do the narrator and his companion follow in their ship, in "The White Ship"?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A star.
(d) A bird.

10. Where do the narrator and his companion not enter because only demons and madmen can live in that city, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Xura.
(b) Mir.
(c) Thalarian.
(d) Zar.

11. What do the people of Sarnath steal from Ib?
(a) Their town hall.
(b) Their women.
(c) Their idol.
(d) Their fountain.

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

13. Where were the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar," coming from?
(a) The west.
(b) The north.
(c) The east.
(d) The south.

14. What is the name of the psychiatric patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Joe Martin.
(b) Joe Slater.
(c) Andy Slater.
(d) Jerry Slater.

15. On what anniversary do the people of Sarnath complain of seeing the long dead mysterious creatures around town?
(a) 100th.
(b) 250th.
(c) 200th.
(d) 1,000th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the land in which the narrator finds himself dreaming, in "Polaris"?

2. What great stone city had once stood by the lake, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

3. Where was it rumored the people of Ib had descended from where, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

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

5. What is Kurane in his family lineage, in "Celephais"?

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