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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 were the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar," traveling in?

2. Who attacked the sailor's ship in "Dagon"?

3. Celephais is located by what sea?

4. The narrator invents a machine that would let him see what, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the hero's journeys to Xura and Sona-Nyl in "The White Ship." How long does he stay?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the protagonist of "Celephais." Where does he live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the people of Sarnath and the creatures of Ib in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath." How does the narrator compare these groups in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Joe Slater in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." How does the narrator know Slater? How does he describe him?

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