Quiz on H. P. Lovecraft's 'The Outsider'

What does the narrator describe as being full of dark passages and high ceilings?

• A forest

• A castle

• A library

• A cave

What creatures are mentioned as being present in the narrator's environment?

• Birds and squirrels

• Rats and bats

• Cats and dogs

• Snakes and lizards

What did the protagonist find after pushing the slab or door with their head?

• A hidden passage

• A trapdoor

• A staircase

• A window

What did the protagonist find on the stone floor at the top?

• A treasure chest

• Shelves of marble

• A pool of water

• A bed of flowers

What did the narrator see after ascending the steps from the newly found doorway?

• A bright sun

• A radiant full moon

• A dark stormy sky

• A rainbow

Who is Nitokris as mentioned in the text?

• A mythical creature

• A pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty

• A Greek goddess

• A Roman emperor

What does the narrator do with the ghouls on the night-wind?

• Fights them

• Rides and plays with them

• Hides from them

• Ignores them

What did the narrator realize at the end of the story?

• They were a king ruling the castle.

• They were a worker sent to work on the castle.

• They were the scary monster everyone ran from.

• They were a rat scurrying on the floor.