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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. Whose artwork surmounts a pillar in Athens near the Parthenon, in "The Tree"?

2. How are the stranger's eyes described, in "Hypnos"?

3. What does the narrator do to the machine, in "From Beyond"?

4. Whom does West reanimate who kills and eats a child, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?

5. What is the young apprentice priest's name, in "The Other Gods"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the olive tree do in the ending of "The Tree"?

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

3. What does Herbert West do in Boston? What are the effects of his experiments there?

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

5. What happens to Altberg's crew after the ivory figurine is brought aboard the craft?

6. What happens in the ending of "Hypnos"? What does the narrator discover?

7. What becomes of Kalos, in the story "The Tree"?

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

9. Where does Iranon go after leaving Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"? How does the story end?

10. What happens to make the characters in "Hypnos" desire to stay awake?

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 and discuss the theme and motif of nature and "nature's power" in "The Tree." How does Lovecraft support this theme with imagery in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the boy from "The Cats of Ulthar" to Atal in "The Other Gods." How has the character changed and developed between the two stories?

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