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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Supernatural Horror in Literature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lovecraft writes in "Supernatural Horror in Literature," "Creative minds are ____, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots."
(a) Superior.
(b) Rare.
(c) Uneven.
(d) Selective.

2. Who had gone missing before the narrator goes to visit his friend, in "From Beyond"?
(a) Joe Slater.
(b) Crawford Tillinghast.
(c) Basil Elton.
(d) Two servants.

3. What were the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar," traveling in?
(a) A van.
(b) Carriages.
(c) A bus.
(d) A train.

4. Where did the bravest warriors go to meet their enemies for battle in Olathoe, in the story "Polaris"?
(a) The fortress.
(b) The river mouth.
(c) The shore.
(d) The mountain pass.

5. Whose artwork surmounts a pillar in Athens near the Parthenon, in "The Tree"?
(a) Kalos'.
(b) Pliny's.
(c) Michaelangelo's.
(d) Musides'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do to the machine, in "From Beyond"?

2. What do the people of Sarnath steal from Ib?

3. The old man of Ulthar was well-studied in the seven cryptical books of earth and what?

4. What city does the narrator first dream he is in, in "Polaris"?

5. In the years that Iranon and the boy travel, what is unusual about Iranon's age?

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