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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 happens when the servants turn on the lights, in "From Beyond"?

2. Who is the dean of the medical school, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?

3. Who does Herbert West pay for bodies early in his experiments?

4. The narrator in, "Hypnos," writes of the stranger, "this man was a faun's statue out of antique ____..."

5. In what branch of the military is Altberg, in "The Temple"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is the central character in "The Temple"? What is the narrative style of the work?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the protagonists in "Dagon" and "Polaris." How are these characters similar? How do their actions relate?

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 H.P. Lovecraft's "dream vision" narratives. What stories in the collection are told in this style? What effect does it have on the reader?

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