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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. What can Tillinghast's machine activate, in "From Beyond"?
(a) The pituitary gland.
(b) The pineal gland.
(c) The endocrine gland.
(d) The thyroid gland.

2. What mountain is described in the opening of "The Tree"?
(a) Mount Herod.
(b) Mount Maenalus.
(c) Mount McKinley.
(d) Mount Vesuvius.

3. In Ulthar, there is a law that no man can do what?
(a) Pet a cat.
(b) Own a cat.
(c) Marry a cat.
(d) Kill a cat.

4. What is the young apprentice priest's name, in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Menes.
(b) Atal.
(c) Kadath.
(d) Bokrug.

5. Where does West go on to open a private practice, in "Herbert West-Reanimator"?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) New Hampsire.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what land, in "The White Ship," is there neither time nor space, suffering nor death?

2. Who engaged in heavy drinking and reveling in Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"?

3. What does Lovecraft write "appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races, and is crystallized in the most archaic ballads, chronicles, and sacred writings"?

4. Where does Kurane live in the beginning of "Celephais"?

5. Celephais is located by what sea?

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