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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 can Tillinghast's machine activate, in "From Beyond"?

2. Where was the short story "Hypnos"first published?

3. Where does the narrator meet the stranger, in "Hypnos"?

4. It is suggested that the city of Oonai might in fact be what, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

5. What does one of the officers of the submarine find and take on board, in "The Temple"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tillinghast define the "blobs" once the machine is on, in "From Beyond"?

2. Where does "The Other Gods" take place? Where have this setting and some characters been seen previously?

3. Describe the style and themes in "The Other Gods." Where is the horror in the story?

4. Who does Iranon befriend in Teloth, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

5. What happens when the narrator goes to visit Tillinghast in "From Beyond"?

6. What happens to the dean in "Herbert West-Reanimator"? Where is he placed after capture?

7. How are Musides and Kalos similar? How are they different?

8. What does Altberg do with the British soldiers, in "The Temple"? What happens after they resurface?

9. Describe Herbert West in "Herbert West-Reanimator." Where does he meet the narrator?

10. Describe the beginning of "Hypnos." Where is the narrator when he meets a stranger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the recurring theme of "ancient deities" in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath." How does the theme in this story relate to the theme in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

Essay Topic 3

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

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