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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 is the name of the sorcerer in the story?

2. Where is the Black Stone located?

3. Who wrote Magyar Folklore?

4. What is the surname of the narrator's friend?

5. What is the name of the narrator in Ubbo-Sathla?

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. Tregardis is shocked by the explanation and quickly thinks about the Book of Eibon. What is the Book of Eibon? Why is it important?

3. Tregardis approaches the dwarfish proprietor with the hopes of receiving an explanation and/or history about the stone. What does the proprietor say?

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

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

6. Who is the main character in The Haunter of the Dark? Where has this character previously appeared? Where does the character go at the beginning of the story?

7. 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?

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

9. Describe John Carnby. What kind of work does he do? Where does he live? How is the house described?

10. What happens to Henry Wells in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Beyond the Threshold," "The Dweller in Darkness" and "Notebook Found in a Deserted House," characters disappear after having some interaction with the paranormal. Compare and contrast the situations. What happens just before each character vanishes? Is the character ever found? What do you think happened to each character? Do you think there is evil behind the disappearances? Do you think there are plausible explanations behind the disappearances? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

In several stories, certain characters become possessed. In "Ubbo-Sathla," Paul Tregardis becomes possessed by the great wizard Zon Mezzamalech. In "The Shadow from the Steeple," Dr. Dexter becomes possessed after handling the Shining Trapezohedron. In "Rising with Surtsey," Julian Haughtree becomes possessed by a great, evil amorphous entity. Discuss possession. Do you believe possession is real? Explain. How can a person become possessed? How can someone tell if another is possessed? How did the characters change during and after the possession? What happens to the characters after they are possessed?

Essay Topic 3

"Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos" by H. P. Lovecraft is a collection of horror stories written by Lovecraft, his associates and fans. Discuss the common threads used in the stories. Do you think the similarities are planned or accidental? How is the theme of the Cthulhu continued throughout the book? What influence did Lovecraft have on the genre? Who was the most successful writer in the book aside from Lovecraft?

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