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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 British freighter is destroyed, in "The Temple"?

2. How is the stranger dressed whom the narrator encounters, in "Hypnos"?

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

4. Who tells the stranger about Aira, in the end of "The Quest of Iranon"?

5. What begins to follow the submarine, in "The Temple"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the central characters in "The Tree"? What do they do?

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

3. Who is Crawford Tillinghast? What is his obsession?

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

5. Describe the journey of Iranon to Oonai in "The Quest of Iranon." How long does it take?

6. How does Altberg's vessel become trapped, in "The Temple"?

7. How does "From Beyond" end? How does the narrator escape?

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

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

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 character of Joe Slater in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." How does the narrator know Slater? How does he describe him?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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