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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. What is the name of Gardner's secretary?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Laird.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Louis.

2. The teacher is forced to read passages from the ______ of Glaaki.
(a) Teachings.
(b) Tenets.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Discourse.

3. Which of the following is not listed as one of the narrator's favorite authors?
(a) Poe.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Machen.
(d) Baudelaire.

4. Where does the geologic disturbance take place?
(a) Red Sea.
(b) North Atlantic.
(c) South Pacific.
(d) South Pole.

5. How old is the narrator?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. The character came from which country?

2. Who visits Carson at the house?

3. Where did the brutal murder take place?

4. The savant in the woods often read from which forbidden book?

5. How many men did not return after the first day's work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Paul Lang learns about an ancient manuscript called the Voynich. What does Lang do when he cannot find a copy of the text?

2. What were some of the things that could serve as proof of the threshold and what lay beyond?

3. What happens to the writer's translator friend when he begins to read the Latin text of De Vermis Mysteriis?

4. What happens when Carson discovers the secret room? Who turns up in the room due to an element of evil activity? Who rids the house of the entity?

5. Who is Albert Wilmarth? Why is he an important part of the story?

6. Why does the quest for Lang and Urquart seem fruitless and hopeless?

7. What happens to Professor Gardner at Rick's Lake? Who takes on Gardner's case?

8. After Al and Cissie sail off aboard the yacht, they disappear from the scene. What has happened to Al and Cissie?

9. Why is Willie sent to Uncle Fred and Aunt Lucy's farm? What does Willie find that frightens him?

10. In the story Cold Print, the main character is Strutt. Who is Strutt? What is his personality?

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