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

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

3. Where did the bravest warriors go to meet their enemies for battle in Olathoe, in the story "Polaris"?
(a) The fortress.
(b) The shore.
(c) The river mouth.
(d) The mountain pass.

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

5. Where does the narrator decide to travel after many eons, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Xura.
(b) Cathuria.
(c) Thalarian.
(d) Sona-Nyl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Celephais is located beyond what hills?

2. Where does the narrator first sail, in "The White Ship"?

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

4. The narrator invents a machine that would let him see what, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where is the monolith in "Dagon"? What does the sailor find there?

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

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

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

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

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

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