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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. In Ulthar, there is a law that no man can do what?

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

3. Where do the narrator and his companion not enter because only demons and madmen can live in that city, in "The White Ship"?

4. What refers to a single structure that arises from the ground?

5. What color kitten does the boy traveler have, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What strangers arrive in Ulthar? How are they described in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

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

7. When does Joe Slater come to the hospital in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? How is Slater described?

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

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

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

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

Describe the setting of the story "Celephais." Where is Celephais located? How is it described by the narrator?

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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