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