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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. The narrator, in "Celephais," describes Kurane as not what?

2. In what year is "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" set?

3. The creature in "Dagon" is described as half-man, half-what?

4. What did the sailor in "Dagon" eventually become addicted to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the monolith in "Dagon"? What does the sailor find there?

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

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

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

5. What happens on the third day the visitors are in Ulthar?

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

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

8. Where does the sailor go after escaping the war ship in "Dagon"? Where does he find himself?

9. What does Kurane do once he has reappeared in London, in "Celephais"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Iranon and Romnod in "The Quest of Iranon." Who is the protagonist of the story? What relationship do the characters share?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the boy from "The Cats of Ulthar" to Atal in "The Other Gods." How has the character changed and developed between the two stories?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters Musides and Kalos in "The Tree." How are they similar? How are they different? What relationship do the characters share?

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