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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar," coming from?
(a) The east.
(b) The west.
(c) The north.
(d) The south.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer 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"?

2. What had risen from the depths, during the night in "Dagon"?

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

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

5. Once the narrator hooks his machine to the patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," he sees a world made of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's job in the climax of "Polaris"? Where does he go?

2. What happens to the narrator, in the ending of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? Where does the light being go?

3. What happens on the third day the visitors are in Ulthar?

4. What do the townspeople discover in the ending of "The Cats of Ulthar"?

5. Describe the dream land of the narrator in "Polaris." What is taking place in the dream-world?

6. How long is the hero's journey to Cathuria in "The White Ship"? What happens in the end of the story?

7. Describe the narrator of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." How does he introduce the story?

8. Describe the narrative style of "Dagon." What is the voice of the narration?

9. When does Joe Slater come to the hospital in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? How is Slater described?

10. What happens to Kurane in the ending of "Celephais"?

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