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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. How did the sailor escape in "Dagon"?

2. When was the story "Polaris" written?

3. What does the narrator long to be, but was found unworthy, in "Polaris"?

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

5. What is the narrator's occupation in "The White Ship"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What action takes place in the beginning of "Dagon"? What is the setting?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the narrative style of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? How does this compare to Lovecraft's other works in the collection?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Kurane at the end of "Celephais"? How can this ending be interpreted in different ways?

Essay Topic 3

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

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