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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 is referred to as the land of pleasures unattained, in "The White Ship"?

2. What is the name of the young boy among the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

3. What did the old cotter like to do, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

Describe the setting of "The Cats of Ulthar" and "The Other Gods." How is the city of Ulthar described in each of these stories?

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