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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what land is there a vast, still lake that is fed by no stream, but out of which no stream flows, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) Mnar.
(b) Ib.
(c) Agar.
(d) Sarnath.

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

3. What happens to the lake in the ending of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) It dries completely.
(b) It disappears.
(c) It sinks.
(d) It rises.

4. In the narrator's dream in "Polaris," he finds himself in a city between the peaks of Noton and what?
(a) Lomar.
(b) Olathoe.
(c) Alhtoa.
(d) Kadiphonek.

5. How many days did the sailor shelter himself on his stranded boat before venturing out, in "Dagon"?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What lures the narrator to sleep, in "Polaris"?
(a) A fairy.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The North Star.
(d) The moon.

12. What refers to a single structure that arises from the ground?
(a) Stalagmite.
(b) Spire.
(c) Glacier.
(d) Monolith.

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

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

15. 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) Join the battle.
(d) Light a signal fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator find himself in the end of "The White Ship"?

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

3. What happens to Slater in the end of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

4. The patient in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" has night rants that are described as extremely what?

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

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