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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. What does the narrator long to be, but was found unworthy, in "Polaris"?
(a) A king.
(b) A warror.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A prince.

2. What city does the narrator first dream he is in, in "Polaris"?
(a) Olathoe.
(b) Lomar.
(c) Kadiphonek.
(d) Alhtoa.

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

4. What is Kurane in his family lineage, in "Celephais"?
(a) Eldest.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Last.
(d) Middle child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lures the narrator to sleep, in "Polaris"?

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

3. Where does the narrator decide to travel after many eons, in "The White Ship"?

4. The god the beings of Ib worship is described as a great what?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? How does the narrator describe the location?

2. Describe the protagonist of "Celephais." Where does he live?

3. What does the narrator write about Slater's behavior at the hospital, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? What is notable about his dreams?

4. Describe the hero's journeys to Xura and Sona-Nyl in "The White Ship." How long does he stay?

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

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

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

8. What law rules the land in Ulthar? What does the narrator describe as happening before the law went into place?

9. Who is the protagonist of "The White Ship"? Where is he when the story begins?

10. What do the settlers of Sarnath discover, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? Who are their neighbors?

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