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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. How many people did the dean of the medical school kill and devour, after being reanimated, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?

2. Who died before his friend, in "The Tree"?

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

4. Where did Herbert West attend college?

5. What is described as near the olive grove in "The Tree"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What interest bonds the two characters in "Hypnos"? How do they pursue this interest?

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

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

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

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

7. What theory does Herbert West develop in college? What does this lead to?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the character of Basil Elton from "The White Ship" to Kurane in "Celephais." How are these protagonists similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Kurane at the end of "Celephais"? How can this ending be interpreted in different ways?

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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