"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" Chapter III

Dialect means

• when two people are elected.

• two people are talking.

• the way a person speaks, particular to one group or region

• all of the above

To be grimly mocking or cynical is to be

• sardonic

• convivial

• sententious

• gnarled

The festering state of the port city of Innsmouth is best displayed by:

• the urban decay of crumbling and poorly kept buildings

• the rank smell of the place

• the deformity of its inhabitants

• all of the above

• none of the above

The Innsmouthers are quite convivial to the narrator.

• True

• False

Check all that apply:

The narrator has a colloquy with

• Zadok Allen

• the Clerk

• Obed Marsh

• Joe Sargent

Zadok Allen becomes garrulous only after

• he learns of the suspicious things Obed Marsh did

• he's drunk

• he has a hearty meal in his belly

• hanging around the fire station

Sententious means to

• watch over or guard

• preach to people in a way that is pompous and doesn't necessarily reflect their beliefs

• to hide and keep safe

• be insular and reject outsiders

To be rough or twisted, especially due to age is to be

• festering

• sententious

• sardonic

• gnarled

• all of the above

What actual historical 19th century event caused Innsmouth's trade to fall off? 

• War of 1812

• World War I

• the Epidemic of 1846

• The Civil War

Why does Obed Marsh call out the Christians in his community?

• for being bigoted

• for ruining the fishing

• for being hypocrites

• for worshipping a God that doesn't do anything for them directly