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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. Once the narrator hooks his machine to the patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," he sees a world made of what?

2. Where was "The Cats of Ulthar" first published?

3. What is the narrator's job in the dream-land, in "Polaris"?

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

5. Where was "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" first published?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator write about Slater's behavior at the hospital, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? What is notable about his dreams?

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

8. What happens on the third day the visitors are in Ulthar?

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

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

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

Discuss the theme of "forbidden knowledge" and the motif of nature in "Dagon." How does Lovecraft support the theme with imagery?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Crawford Tillinghast in "From Beyond." How does the narrator know this central character? What relationship do the narrator and Tillinghast share?

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