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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 breaks out in the town, giving West a large number of cadavers, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?

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

3. Altberg is the captain of what, in "The Temple"?

4. What does Iranon do as he travels in "The Quest of Iranon"?

5. Karl Heinrich von Altberg-Ehrenstein is fighting in what war, in "The Temple"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens at the top of the mountain in "The Other Gods"? What do they do?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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