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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 does the narrator first sail, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Zar.
(b) Xura.
(c) Thalarian.
(d) Mir.
2. In Ulthar, there is a law that no man can do what?
(a) Kill a cat.
(b) Own a cat.
(c) Marry a cat.
(d) Pet a cat.
3. On what land, in "The White Ship," is there neither time nor space, suffering nor death?
(a) Xura.
(b) Sona-Nyl.
(c) Thalarian.
(d) Cathuria.
4. What land is referred to as a land past the pillars that no man has ever seen, in "The White Ship"?
(a) Thalarian.
(b) Xura.
(c) Cathuria.
(d) Sona-Nyl.
5. What does a boy messenger report seeing, surrounding the cotter's house, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
(a) Lions.
(b) Bears.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.
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 do the people of Sarnath steal from Ib?
3. What had risen from the depths, during the night in "Dagon"?
4. Where was it rumored the people of Ib had descended from where, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
5. Who are the enemies of the people of Olathoe, in "Polaris"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How long is the hero's journey to Cathuria in "The White Ship"? What happens in the end of the story?
2. What does the narrator write about Slater's behavior at the hospital, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? What is notable about his dreams?
3. What do the settlers of Sarnath discover, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? Who are their neighbors?
4. What is the narrator's job in the climax of "Polaris"? Where does he go?
5. What strangers arrive in Ulthar? How are they described in "The Cats of Ulthar"?
6. What happens to Kurane in the ending of "Celephais"?
7. What does Kurane do once he has reappeared in London, in "Celephais"?
8. Describe the style of "Polaris." What literary techniques does Lovecraft implement in this story?
9. When does Joe Slater come to the hospital in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? How is Slater described?
10. What happens to Sarnath after the slaying of the creatures of Ib? For how many years does the city prosper?
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