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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 happens to the lake in the ending of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?
(a) It rises.
(b) It disappears.
(c) It sinks.
(d) It dries completely.

2. What happens to Slater in the end of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) He goes home.
(b) He gets married.
(c) He wakes up.
(d) He dies.

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

4. What had risen from the depths, during the night in "Dagon"?
(a) An evil spirit.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A submarine.
(d) A snake.

5. What is the name of the psychiatric patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?
(a) Jerry Slater.
(b) Joe Martin.
(c) Joe Slater.
(d) Andy Slater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's job in the dream-land, in "Polaris"?

2. In the narrator's dream in "Polaris," he finds himself in a city between the peaks of Noton and what?

3. What is the name of the young boy among the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

4. What is the narrator's position in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

5. After how many days does the boy traveler's kitten go missing, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the narrative style of "Dagon." What is the voice of the narration?

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

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. How long is the hero's journey to Cathuria in "The White Ship"? What happens in the end of the story?

9. Describe the dream land of the narrator in "Polaris." What is taking place in the dream-world?

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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