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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. Where was "The White Ship" first published?

2. What did the sailor awake to find himself surrounded by in "Dagon"?

3. What is the high priest of Sarnath writing when he dies?

4. What is the name of the young boy among the travelers, in "The Cats of Ulthar"?

5. What happens to Slater in the end of "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrative style of "Dagon." What is the voice of the narration?

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

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

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

5. Who is the protagonist of "The White Ship"? Where is he when the story begins?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the dream land of the narrator in "Polaris." What is taking place in the dream-world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the people of Sarnath and the creatures of Ib in "The Doom that Came to Sarnath." How does the narrator compare these groups in the story?

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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