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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 was Major Sir Eric Moreland Clapham-Lee killed, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?
(a) Decapitation.
(b) Fire.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Strangulation.

2. What has Tillinghast always been fascinated by, in "From Beyond"?
(a) Music.
(b) Art.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Poetry.

3. When was "The Other Gods" first published?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1933.

4. Lovecraft writes in "The Other Gods," "But now they have betaken themselves to unknown ____ in the cold waste where no man treads."
(a) Ngranek.
(b) Menes.
(c) Kadath.
(d) Bokrug.

5. Where have men "heard the sighs of the gods in the plaintive dawn-winds," in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Ngranek.
(b) Lerion.
(c) Kadath.
(d) Thurai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Altberg find coming from the temple, in "The Temple"?

2. What are the servants afraid to do at Tillinghast's house, in "From Beyond"?

3. Who tells the stranger about Aira, in the end of "The Quest of Iranon"?

4. Ulthar lies beyond what river, in "The Other Gods"?

5. Altberg is the captain of what, in "The Temple"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Altberg's vessel become trapped, in "The Temple"?

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

5. What does the olive tree do in the ending of "The Tree"?

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

7. What becomes of Kalos, in the story "The Tree"?

8. Where is Iranon in the beginning of "The Quest of Iranon"? How is it described?

9. Where does Iranon go after leaving Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"? How does the story end?

10. Describe the journey of Iranon to Oonai in "The Quest of Iranon." How long does it take?

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