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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous author is referred to in The Space Eaters?
(a) Lovecraft.
(b) Poe.
(c) Crowley.
(d) Sloan.

2. The main character comes from which country?
(a) Germany.
(b) U.S.
(c) Yugoslavia.
(d) Austria.

3. The character, afraid, realizes that he must remove which of the following from his house?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Angles.
(c) Clocks.
(d) Mirrors.

4. The object supposedly came from which era?
(a) Jurassic.
(b) Pleistocene.
(c) Miocene.
(d) Neanderthal.

5. The Call of Cthulhu takes place in which capital city?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Dover.
(c) Albany.
(d) Providence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Olaus Wormius is written in which language?

2. Which group of scientists attempted to decipher the writing on the black stone?

3. In what year was the man born?

4. What is the name of the protagonist's good friend?

5. What is the real name of the Black Book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the item found by Thurston. Describe it as well as Thurston's opinion of the object. What accompanies the object?

2. How did Angell first come into contact with the statue? Who had approached Angell and for what purpose? What information was given to the statue's owner?

3. Who is the main character in The Call of Cthulhu? What is his relationship to the deceased character? How does the initial discovery occur?

4. How does Chalmers explain the existence of the Fourth Dimension to Frank?

5. The narrator found mention of the Black Stone in Von Junzt's work. What did Von Junzt write about the obelisk?

6. How does the narrator first learn about the Black Stone? What other information is linked to the Black Stone?

7. Castro tells the group about the Great Old Ones. Who are the Great Old Ones? Where did they live? What was the group waiting for and how did they communicate with the outside world?

8. What is the first passage translated from Arabic into English? What is Ogden's opinion of the passage?

9. Who was Von Junzt? What was his claim to fame?

10. What book is Carnby asked to translate? Why is the book different from the other versions? What passages interest Carnby the most?

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