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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. Where did Herbert West attend college?

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

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

4. Who, in Greek religion and mythology, is the god of shepherds, flocks, mountain wilds, hunting, and rustic music, as well as being a companion of the nymphs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tillinghast define the "blobs" once the machine is on, in "From Beyond"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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