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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. Lovecraft writes in "The Other Gods," "But now they have betaken themselves to unknown ____ in the cold waste where no man treads."

2. How old is the stranger the narrator meets, in "Hypnos"?

3. Who dies in Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

4. Where was "The Other Gods" first published?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the objective of Barzai, in "The Other Gods"?

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

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

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

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

9. Where is Iranon in the beginning of "The Quest of Iranon"? How is it described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting of the story "Celephais." Where is Celephais located? How is it described by the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "forbidden knowledge" and the motif of nature in "Dagon." How does Lovecraft support the theme with imagery?

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