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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the townspeople find in the cotter's house, at the end of "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) Angels.
(b) Skeletons.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Cats.

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

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

4. What is referred to as the land of pleasures unattained, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Thalarian.
(b) Xura.
(c) Sona-Nyl.
(d) Cathuria.

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

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

7. In Celephais, there is no what?
(a) Time.
(b) Language.
(c) Peace.
(d) Beauty.

8. Where does the narrator decide to travel after many eons, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Sona-Nyl.
(b) Xura.
(c) Thalarian.
(d) Cathuria.

9. What is the narrator's position in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Professor.
(b) Medical internist.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Janitor.

10. What does the sailor in "Dagon" find on the monolith on the island?
(a) Hieroglyphics.
(b) A giant whale.
(c) Blood.
(d) Grey ooze.

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

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

13. The sailor in "Dagon"concluded it would be safest to explore the island when?
(a) In the evening.
(b) In the day.
(c) In the morning.
(d) At night.

14. After how many days does the boy traveler's kitten go missing, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

15. What was the sailor taken aboard as prisoner in "Dagon"?
(a) A U.F.O.
(b) A submarine.
(c) An American warship.
(d) A pirate ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the young boy among the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

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

4. On what anniversary do the people of Sarnath complain of seeing the long dead mysterious creatures around town?

5. The people of Sarnath do what to the beings of Ib?

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