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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. Who died before his friend, in "The Tree"?
(a) Musides.
(b) Kalos.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) The king.

2. The people of Teloth, in "The Quest of Iranon," are described as very what?
(a) Somber.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Jovial.
(d) Ephemeral.

3. Where is the olive grove described in "The Tree"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Southern France.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Arcadia.

4. Who engaged in heavy drinking and reveling in Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"?
(a) The king.
(b) The prince.
(c) Celephais.
(d) Romnod.

5. What does Iranon meet upon leaving Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A nun.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is suggested that the city of Oonai might in fact be what, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

2. The narrator describes the stranger as having a brow as "white as the marble of" whom, in "Hypnos"?

3. Lovecraft writes in "The Other Gods," "But now they have betaken themselves to unknown ____ in the cold waste where no man treads."

4. What British freighter is destroyed, in "The Temple"?

5. What does the narrator do to the machine, in "From Beyond"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the top of the mountain in "The Other Gods"? What do they do?

2. What happens in the ending of "Hypnos"? What does the narrator discover?

3. How does "From Beyond" end? How does the narrator escape?

4. How are Musides and Kalos similar? How are they different?

5. What happens to the dean in "Herbert West-Reanimator"? Where is he placed after capture?

6. What happens to make the characters in "Hypnos" desire to stay awake?

7. Describe Herbert West in "Herbert West-Reanimator." Where does he meet the narrator?

8. Who is the central character in "The Temple"? What is the narrative style of the work?

9. Describe the style and themes in "The Other Gods." Where is the horror in the story?

10. What happens to Altberg's crew after the ivory figurine is brought aboard the craft?

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