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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. Where does the narrator first sail, in "The White Ship"?

2. The people of Sarnath do what to the beings of Ib?

3. Celephais is located in the valley of what?

4. What is the name of the psychiatric patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

5. What does Kurane see coming towards him on the bridge, in the ending of "Celephais"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the narrator of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." How does he introduce the story?

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

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

6. What happens to Kurane in the ending of "Celephais"?

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

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

9. What happens to Sarnath after the slaying of the creatures of Ib? For how many years does the city prosper?

10. Describe the beginning of "Polaris." Where is the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe H.P. Lovecraft's "dream vision" narratives. What stories in the collection are told in this style? What effect does it have on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

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

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