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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. Where does the narrator first sail, in "The White Ship"?

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

3. Celephais is located beyond what hills?

4. In the narrator's dream in "Polaris," he finds himself in a city between the peaks of Noton and what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where is the monolith in "Dagon"? What does the sailor find there?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrative style of "Polaris." What is the voice and tense of the narration? Who is the narrator of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Iranon and Romnod in "The Quest of Iranon." Who is the protagonist of the story? What relationship do the characters share?

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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