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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator in "The White Ship"?

2. Once the narrator hooks his machine to the patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," he sees a world made of what?

3. What city stood 10,000 years ago but stands no more, in the story "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

4. What does the boy traveler, in "The Cats of Ulthar," do after being told of the cotter?

5. Celephais is located by what sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the hero's journeys to Xura and Sona-Nyl in "The White Ship." How long does he stay?

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

4. What law rules the land in Ulthar? What does the narrator describe as happening before the law went into place?

5. Who is the protagonist of "The White Ship"? Where is he when the story begins?

6. What is the setting of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? How does the narrator describe the location?

7. Describe the style of "Polaris." What literary techniques does Lovecraft implement in this story?

8. What is the narrator's job in the climax of "Polaris"? Where does he go?

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the people of Sarnath and the creatures of Ib in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath." How does the narrator compare these groups in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting and central characters in "Dagon." Who is the protagonist? What actions does he take in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "forbidden knowledge" and the motif of nature in "Dagon." How does Lovecraft support the theme with imagery?

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