Cupid's Arrows
This was the ugly, but wealthy official in the story.
Who is Barr Saggot?
In "Afterglow" the poet examines the tension between these two things.
What are light and darkness?
In the story, the clock represents this.
What is approaching death.
C. K. Chesterton liked this color paper.
What is Brown?
This is an expression used to call something to mind without referring to it.
What is an allusion?
This was a theme of the story.
What are love and freedom?
What is clinging to allusions?
The orange room represents something.
What is adulthood.
Chesterson't favorite shade of chalk was this.
What was white?
Taking advantage of well-known facts or associations between topics is this.
What are shared knowledge and allusions?
Kitty's mom wanted her to do something.
What was win the contest, and marry Barr Saggot.?
What are transience and impermanence?
The "Red Death" was an allusion to this fatal disease.
What is the Black Plague?
Chesteron believed white was the best color because..
What are it represented virtue and purity?
A person that the author injects into the story to move it along is known as this.
What is a persona?
Kitty was often compared to this Roman God.
Who was Diana?
In "Afterglow," the poet explores this tendency of humans.
Why human minds project meaning onto natural phenomena?
"Masque" in the poem's title means this.
What is a masquerade, or costume, ball?
"A Piece of Chalk" is an extended metaphor for this nation.
What is England?
The overall emotion in a piece of literature is this.
What is atmosphere?
In the end, Kitty ran away with this person.
Who is Cubbon?
"Afterglow" examines these themes.
What are philosophical ideas about perception and reality?
The story draws from these two earlier works of literature.
What are "The Tempest" and "The Decameron?"
Chesterton uses the chalk to meditate on this truth.
What is reveal profound truths when viewed with immagination and wonder?
The Phoenix is an example of these two literary devices.
What are symbols and immaginitive comparison?