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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. When was the story "Polaris" written?

2. What is the narrator's position in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

3. What great stone city had once stood by the lake, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"?

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

5. What happens to Slater in the end of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to the narrator, in the ending of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? Where does the light being go?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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