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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. Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hypnos?
2. What does Altberg allow the British soldiers to do while his cameras are recording, in "The Temple"?
3. What is knocked over and burns Herbert West's laboratory?
4. What has Tillinghast always been fascinated by, in "From Beyond"?
5. What does one of the officers of the submarine find and take on board, in "The Temple"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Altberg's vessel become trapped, in "The Temple"?
2. Who are the central characters in "The Tree"? What do they do?
3. What does the olive tree do in the ending of "The Tree"?
4. What happens to the dean in "Herbert West-Reanimator"? Where is he placed after capture?
5. Who is Crawford Tillinghast? What is his obsession?
6. Describe the beginning of "Hypnos." Where is the narrator when he meets a stranger?
7. How does "From Beyond" end? How does the narrator escape?
8. Where does Iranon go after leaving Oonai, in "The Quest of Iranon"? How does the story end?
9. Who does Iranon befriend in Teloth, in "The Quest of Iranon"?
10. What interest bonds the two characters in "Hypnos"? How do they pursue this interest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe Crawford Tillinghast's machine in "From Beyond." What is the character's theory about the pineal gland? How feasible is this theory?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the narrative style of "Polaris." What is the voice and tense of the narration? Who is the narrator of the story?
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