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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the demon hiding which the being goes to destroy, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Algol.
(c) Polaris.
(d) Mars.

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

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

4. Who is on the white ship seen by the narrator, in "The White Ship"?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) A sea-god.
(c) A beautiful woman.
(d) A bearded man.

5. What does Kurane see coming towards him on the bridge, in the ending of "Celephais"?
(a) Knights of Celephais.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Phantoms.
(d) Knights of Xura.

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

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

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

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

10. The narrator in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" believes the human mind is sometimes able to visit where in sleep?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Other planets.
(d) Alternate realities.

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

12. Who are the enemies of the people of Olathoe, in "Polaris"?
(a) Antigans.
(b) Alhtohans.
(c) Intutus.
(d) Inutos.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople find in the cotter's house, at the end of "The Cats of Ulthar"?

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

3. What city does the narrator first dream he is in, in "Polaris"?

4. Where were the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar," coming from?

5. Where was "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" first published?

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