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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beyond the Wall of Sleep.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's job in the dream-land, in "Polaris"?
(a) Carriage driver.
(b) Lookout.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Cook.

2. What is the narrator to do if the Inutos gain the upper hand in the battle, in "Polaris"?
(a) Light a signal fire.
(b) Save the women and children.
(c) Join the battle.
(d) Burn the village.

3. How did the sailor escape the island in "Dagon"?
(a) He rode the creature.
(b) An ambulance arrived.
(c) He forgot.
(d) A plane took him.

4. When does the author write in "Polaris," "the winds from the north curse and whine, and the red-leaved trees of the swamp mutter things to one another in the small hours of the morning under the horned waning moon"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

5. What was the sailor taken aboard as prisoner in "Dagon"?
(a) A U.F.O.
(b) An American warship.
(c) A submarine.
(d) A pirate ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did the sailor shelter himself on his stranded boat before venturing out, in "Dagon"?

2. What did the sailor in "Dagon" eventually become addicted to?

3. What happens to Slater in the end of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

4. What refers to a single structure that arises from the ground?

5. What had risen from the depths, during the night in "Dagon"?

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