- 1. What is the full name of the author known as H. P. Lovecraft?
A) Harold P. Lovecraft
B) Harrison Paul Lovecraft
C) Henry Peter Lovecraft
D) Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- 2. In which city was H. P. Lovecraft born?
A) Providence, Rhode Island
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) Arkham, Massachusetts
D) Innsmouth, Massachusetts
- 3. What is the name of Lovecraft's most famous fictional book which allegedly drives its readers insane?
A) Unaussprechlichen Kulten
B) De Vermis Mysteriis
C) Necronomicon
D) The King in Yellow
- 4. In which year did H. P. Lovecraft die?
A) 1926
B) 1945
C) 1937
D) 1952
- 5. What is the name of Lovecraft's fictional New England town that appears in many of his works?
A) Kingsport
B) Arkham
C) Dunwich
D) Innsmouth
- 6. Which of Lovecraft's stories features the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred and the city of Damascus?
A) The Nameless City
B) The Dunwich Horror
C) The Whisperer in Darkness
D) The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
- 7. What is the name of the extensive mythos created by Lovecraft that includes various deities, books, and cosmic entities?
A) Arkham Cycle
B) Necronomicon Mythos
C) Eldritch Lore
D) Cthulhu Mythos
- 8. What is the title of Lovecraft's unfinished novel about an otherworldly city in Antarctica?
A) The Shadow over Innsmouth
B) The Colour Out of Space
C) The Dunwich Horror
D) At the Mountains of Madness
- 9. In Lovecraft's fiction, what ancient, alien city lies beneath the desert sands of Arabia?
A) Irem
B) R'lyeh
C) Carcosa
D) Yuggoth
- 10. What is the name of the extraterrestrial race that seeks to free their imprisoned deity Cthulhu in Lovecraft's famous tale?
A) Mi-go
B) Elder Things
C) Yithians
D) Deep Ones
- 11. What is the title of Lovecraft's novella featuring a mad scientist who experiments with reanimating the dead?
A) The Dreams in the Witch House
B) The Shadow out of Time
C) Herbert West–Reanimator
D) The Whisperer in Darkness
- 12. In Lovecraft's universe, what fictional university is known for its occult studies and appearance in many of his stories?
A) Miskatonic University
B) Innsmouth Academy
C) Kingsport College
D) Arkham University
- 13. Which of Lovecraft's stories involves a man's investigation into the rural town of Dunwich and its dark secrets?
A) The Shadow over Innsmouth
B) At the Mountains of Madness
C) The Dunwich Horror
D) The Call of Cthulhu
- 14. What iconic phrase is often associated with the cosmic entity Cthulhu in Lovecraft's mythos?
A) Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
B) In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming
C) That is not dead which can eternal lie
D) Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
- 15. Which of these adjectives is often used to describe the creatures in Lovecraft's stories?
A) Soft
B) Eldritch
C) Adorable
D) Heroic
- 16. Which publication featured Lovecraft's first major mythos story, 'The Call of Cthulhu'?
A) Time
B) Weird Tales
C) National Geographic
D) Cosmopolitan
- 17. What is the name of the malevolent entity that appears in 'The Dunwich Horror'?
A) The Tooth Fairy
B) Bigfoot
C) Yog-Sothoth
D) Santa Claus
- 18. In which New England state is Lovecraft's fictional town of Dunwich located?
A) Massachusetts
B) Connecticut
C) Vermont
D) Maine
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