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

2. Where was "The White Ship" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The Written Word.
(c) The United Amateur.
(d) The Fantasy Reader.

3. Where was it rumored the people of Ib had descended from where, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) Venus.
(b) Mars.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) The moon.

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

5. What does Kurane has believe has been sucked out of the life of modern men, in "Celephais"?
(a) Myth.
(b) Justice.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author write in "Polaris," "the winds from the north curse and whine, and the red-leaved trees of the swamp mutter things to one another in the small hours of the morning under the horned waning moon"?

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

3. How many days did the sailor shelter himself on his stranded boat before venturing out, in "Dagon"?

4. Where did the bravest warriors go to meet their enemies for battle in Olathoe, in the story "Polaris"?

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

2. Where does the sailor go after escaping the war ship in "Dagon"? Where does he find himself?

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

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

5. What strangers arrive in Ulthar? How are they described in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

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

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

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

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

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

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