The Chaser
Prereading
Explain each of the following quotes:
1. Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead. ―Pierre Corneille
2. The love we give away is the only love we keep. ―Elbert Hubbard
3. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is winged Cupid painted
blind. ―William Shakespeare
Prereading
Answer the following questions:
4. Do you believe love can last forever?
5. How do you think love relates to marriage?
6. What are the qualities of a healthy relationship?
During Reading
7. Alan Austen, as nervous as a kitten, …peered about for a long time … (L1, Para.1)
What is the image of Alan Austen in this part?
8. He pushed open this door, as he had been told to do, … (L1, Para.2)
What does this first sentence in the part suggest?
9. What is the implied meaning of the old man’s remark, “Young people who need a
love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars. Otherwise they would not need a
love potion”?
10. What are the effects of the love potion? Describe them in detail.
11. Why is the love potion priced so low while the glove-cleaner so high?
12. What moral lessons can be drawn from the story?
13. How do the speeches of the young man and the old man differ?
14. How does that help to build up the theme?
15. What is the significance of the title?