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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what do the gods travel, in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Golden air ships.
(b) Silver sleighs.
(c) Cloud ships.
(d) Golden chariots.

2. How are the stranger's eyes described, in "Hypnos"?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

3. Where do the gods of earth dwell in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Beyond the River Styx.
(b) Beyond Mount Olympus.
(c) In the earth's deepest valleys.
(d) Atop the tallest of earth's peaks.

4. Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hypnos?
(a) Argos.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Somnus.
(d) Zeus.

5. How is the stranger dressed whom the narrator encounters, in "Hypnos"?
(a) In blue.
(b) In black.
(c) In red.
(d) In white.

6. The old man of Ulthar was well-studied in the seven cryptical books of earth and what?
(a) Orisanes Manuscripts.
(b) Pnakotic Manuscripts.
(c) The Dark Book.
(d) The Bible.

7. What were both sculptors in "The Tree" summoned to create a sculpture of?
(a) Pan.
(b) Homer.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Tyche.

8. Once the submarine surfaces again, what do the crew find on the hub, in "The Temple"?
(a) A British soldier.
(b) A whale carcass.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) A silver ring.

9. The narrator of "From Beyond" states, in the beginning of the narrative, he hasn't seen his friend for how long?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 and 1/2 months.

10. What is the name of the boy Iranon befriends in Teloth?
(a) Kurane.
(b) Menes.
(c) Romnod.
(d) Bokrug.

11. What does the narrator do for employment, in "Hypnos"?
(a) He is a scientist.
(b) He is an astronaut.
(c) He is a journalist.
(d) He is a sculptor.

12. In "The Other Gods," the gods left a graven image on the face of the mountain which they called what?
(a) Bokrug.
(b) Ngranek.
(c) Menes.
(d) Kadath.

13. What is the name of the High priest, in "The Other Gods"?
(a) Barzai.
(b) Kadath.
(c) Atal.
(d) Menes.

14. Who does Herbert West pay for bodies early in his experiments?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A grave robber.
(c) A morgue.
(d) A prison.

15. What does Iranon do as he travels in "The Quest of Iranon"?
(a) Sings.
(b) Sells jewels.
(c) Paints portraits.
(d) Sells books.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what branch of the military is Altberg, in "The Temple"?

2. Where have men "heard the sighs of the gods in the plaintive dawn-winds," in "The Other Gods"?

3. What are the servants afraid to do at Tillinghast's house, in "From Beyond"?

4. The stranger's voice, in "Hypnos," is described as "the music of deep viols and of crystalline" what?

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

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