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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The god the beings of Ib worship is described as a great what?
(a) Cat-being.
(b) Whale-man.
(c) Lion.
(d) Water lizard.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. Where does the narrator first sail, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Thalarian.
(b) Zar.
(c) Mir.
(d) Xura.

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

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

9. What did the old cotter like to do, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) Eat steak.
(b) Fish.
(c) Shoot dogs.
(d) Kill cats.

10. In what year is "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" set?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1911.

11. What great stone city had once stood by the lake, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) Anar.
(b) Ib.
(c) Sarnath.
(d) Imbor.

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

13. What is Polaris another name for?
(a) The Big Dipper.
(b) The North Star.
(c) Aquarius.
(d) Orion.

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

15. How did the sailor escape the island in "Dagon"?
(a) An ambulance arrived.
(b) A plane took him.
(c) He rode the creature.
(d) He forgot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color kitten does the boy traveler have, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

2. When was the story "Polaris" written?

3. What is the narrator to do if the Inutos gain the upper hand in the battle, in "Polaris"?

4. What did Joe Slater awaken from a nightmare to do, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

5. What does the sailor in "Dagon" find on the monolith on the island?

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