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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 described as the pink marble city, in "Celephais"?

2. What is the narrator to do if the Inutos gain the upper hand in the battle, in "Polaris"?

3. How did the sailor escape in "Dagon"?

4. Where was the psychiatric patient from, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the townspeople discover in the ending of "The Cats of Ulthar"?

2. What law rules the land in Ulthar? What does the narrator describe as happening before the law went into place?

3. Where is the monolith in "Dagon"? What does the sailor find there?

4. What happens on the third day the visitors are in Ulthar?

5. How is Celephais described? Where does Kurane decide to travel there?

6. How long is the hero's journey to Cathuria in "The White Ship"? What happens in the end of the story?

7. What happens to the narrator, in the ending of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? Where does the light being go?

8. What does the narrator write about Slater's behavior at the hospital, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"? What is notable about his dreams?

9. What happens to Kurane in the ending of "Celephais"?

10. Describe the style of "Polaris." What literary techniques does Lovecraft implement in this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the theme and motif of nature and "nature's power" in "The Tree." How does Lovecraft support this theme with imagery in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting of the story "Celephais." Where is Celephais located? How is it described by the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "forbidden knowledge" and the motif of nature in "Dagon." How does Lovecraft support the theme with imagery?

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