Dusk

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Dusk Questions and Answers

What is the irony of the story "Dusk" ?

What is theme of "Dusk" by Saki?

Comment on the ironic ending of the story Dusk.

What is the the theme of the story "Dusk" by Saki (H. H. Munro)?

Do the atmosphere and the mood at the park justify the title of the story "Dusk"?

What is the irony in the story "Dusk"?  

What is a character sketch of Norman Gortsby in "Dusk" by Saki.

Character sketch of Norman Gortsby in "Dusk."

Explain the expression"that forlorn orchestra to whose piping no one dances." "Dusk" by Saki

What is the message conveyed in "The Umbrella Man" and "Dusk"?

Describe the setting of the story ‘Dusk’

What is the surprise ending of the story "Dusk" by Saki?

What is a character sketch of Gortsby and why he is in the park?  

"He turned round sharply with an air of defensive hostility when he found Gortsby hailing him." How is this line is significant in the light of later events in "Dusk"?

What is the setting of the story "Dusk" by Saki?  

What are the elements of irony in Saki's "Dusk"?

A bar of soap in the story "Dusk" belongs to whom: the Young Man or the Old man?

Compare and contrast the two people who came and sat on the bench with Norman Gortsby in "Dusk."

In "Dusk," please describe the meaning of the following descriptive setting.   "...with his back to a strip of bush-planted sward."    

Please narrate the story the young man tells Gortsby in "Dusk."

What is the title justification of "Dusk" by Saki?  

What does this quote from "Dusk" mean? "...but one's imagination could not have pictured the wearer embarking on the purchase of a half-crown box of chocolates ninepence on a carnation buttonhole"

With reference to the phrase, "unlucky thing you finding it," what 'luck' did the young man have in the story "Dusk"? 

What is the climax of this story? Saki's "Dusk"

What is a summary of the short story "Dusk" by Saki?

In "Dusk," by Saki, what did Gortsby imagine about the old gentleman's home, and what is his significance in the story?

How do the authors treat the conflict in the short stories "The Storyteller" by Saki and "The Test" by Theodore Thomas?

What was the weak point of the young man's story in "Dusk"?

Why is dusk said to be the hour of the defeated in "Dusk" by Saki?

What is the significance of the title "Dusk"?

What was the lesson learned by Gortsby after helping the young man? Describe it and state its significance in our lives. Question is from "Dusk" by Saki.

What is the characterisation of Norman Gortsby in the story "Dusk" by Saki?  

Why does Gortsby not believe the story of the young man? What eventually makes him feel sorry and part with a sovereign also?    

Who is Norman Gortsby in the short story "Dusk"?

In the story Dusk by Saki explain the expression "that forlorn orchestra to whose piping no one dances."  

What is the theme of the story "Dusk"?

What is the characterization of the old man in "Dusk" and what is his role in the story?

In Saki's story "Dusk," would Norman Gortsby have given the young man any money if that young man had been able to produce the cake of soap?

In the story "Dusk," what according to the young man was the silliest thing he had done in his life?

In the story "Dusk," what impression do you form about the young man in the story? Do you think he is smart and clever or plain lucky?

How is Norman Gortsby fooled by the stranger in "Dusk" by Saki?

Did Gortsby's judgement turn out to be correct?  

Saki's short story "Dusk" says that "Dusk is the hour of the defeated". By referring to the incidents in the story, how is dusk said to be the hour of defeated?

According to the narrator, who does the dusk hour belong to?

According to Norman Gortsby in "Dusk," the young man was not a "genius" in "his particular field." What does he mean by that?

I want to know about the language used in the story "Dusk." "Dusk" by Saki

What do you think about the Norman Gortsby in the story "Dusk"?

What is the description of the young man in "Dusk"?

What style of writing has been used by Saki (H. H. Munro) is his story "Dusk"? What is the kind of language and literary techniques used, etc. ?

Why was Gortsby instantly on his guard upon meeting the young man in "Dusk"?