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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. Celephais is located in the valley of what?
(a) Ooth-Nargai.
(b) Morador.
(c) Athib.
(d) Tanarian.

2. What is the name of the land in which the narrator finds himself dreaming, in "Polaris"?
(a) Alhtoa.
(b) Kadiphonek.
(c) Olathoe.
(d) Lomar.

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

4. Where was "The Cats of Ulthar" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The Tryout.
(c) The Fantasy Reader.
(d) The United Amateur.

5. Where is the demon hiding which the being goes to destroy, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Mars.
(b) Polaris.
(c) Algol.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople find in the cotter's house, at the end of "The Cats of Ulthar"?

2. Where was the psychiatric patient from, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

3. On what land, in "The White Ship," is there neither time nor space, suffering nor death?

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

5. The sailor in "Dagon"concluded it would be safest to explore the island when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the style of "Polaris." What literary techniques does Lovecraft implement in this story?

3. How is Celephais described? Where does Kurane decide to travel there?

4. What action takes place in the beginning of "Dagon"? What is the setting?

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

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

7. What does Kurane do once he has reappeared in London, in "Celephais"?

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

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

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

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