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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacked the sailor's ship in "Dagon"?
(a) Americans.
(b) Germans.
(c) French.
(d) Italians.

2. The patient in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" has night rants that are described as extremely what?
(a) Literate.
(b) Endangering.
(c) Illiterate.
(d) Violent.

3. The people of Sarnath do what to the beings of Ib?
(a) Trade with them.
(b) Worship them.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Exile them.

4. What city stood 10,000 years ago but stands no more, in the story "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) Ib.
(b) Sarnath.
(c) Imbor.
(d) Anar.

5. Where did the bravest warriors go to meet their enemies for battle in Olathoe, in the story "Polaris"?
(a) The mountain pass.
(b) The river mouth.
(c) The fortress.
(d) The shore.

6. What color kitten does the boy traveler have, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) Orange.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

7. In "Celephais," Kurane is described as a what?
(a) Reveller.
(b) Dreamer.
(c) Dancer.
(d) Singer.

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

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

10. What is the name of the god the beings of Ib worship?
(a) Aslan.
(b) Orlan.
(c) Bokrug.
(d) Ibmore.

11. What is the name of the sailor Kurane hires, in "Celephais"?
(a) Athib.
(b) Menes.
(c) Borkrug.
(d) Basil.

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) Burn the village.
(c) Light a signal fire.
(d) Join the battle.

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

14. Where was "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" first published?
(a) Fantasy Reader.
(b) The Amateur.
(c) Pine Cones.
(d) Reader's Digest.

15. What does the boy traveler, in "The Cats of Ulthar," do after being told of the cotter?
(a) Wept.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Danced.
(d) Killed the cotter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" believes the human mind is sometimes able to visit where in sleep?

2. What do the narrator and his companion follow in their ship, in "The White Ship"?

3. In Ulthar, there is a law that no man can do what?

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

5. Where does the narrator decide to travel after many eons, in "The White Ship"?

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