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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 the narrator's occupation in "The White Ship"?

2. Celephais is located beyond what hills?

3. Who attacked the sailor's ship in "Dagon"?

4. Where is the demon hiding which the being goes to destroy, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

5. What is the name of the psychiatric patient, in "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? How does the narrator describe the location?

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

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

4. What strangers arrive in Ulthar? How are they described in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

5. What do the settlers of Sarnath discover, in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? Who are their neighbors?

6. Where does the sailor go after escaping the war ship in "Dagon"? Where does he find himself?

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

8. What is the narrative style of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"? How does this compare to Lovecraft's other works in the collection?

9. Describe the beginning of "Polaris." Where is the narrator?

10. What does Kurane do once he has reappeared in London, in "Celephais"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the protagonists in "Dagon" and "Polaris." How are these characters similar? How do their actions relate?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Crawford Tillinghast in "From Beyond." How does the narrator know this central character? What relationship do the narrator and Tillinghast share?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the character of Basil Elton from "The White Ship" to Kurane in "Celephais." How are these protagonists similar? How are they different?

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