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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 does a boy messenger report seeing, surrounding the cotter's house, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

2. In what land is there a vast, still lake that is fed by no stream, but out of which no stream flows, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

3. What land is referred to as a land past the pillars that no man has ever seen, in "The White Ship"?

4. What is Polaris another name for?

5. In "Celephais," Kurane is described as a 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 narrator's job in the climax of "Polaris"? Where does he go?

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

5. How is the land of Zar described in "The White Ship"? How is Thalarian described?

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

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

8. How is Celephais described? Where does Kurane decide to travel there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the character of Basil Elton from "The White Ship" to Kurane in "Celephais." How are these protagonists similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting and protagonist of "The Temple." How does the motif of war support the story's themes? How is Karl Heinrich von Altberg-Ehrenstein described?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the recurring theme of "ancient deities" in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath." How does the theme in this story relate to the theme in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

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