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8. Answers: "The Black Cat" by E.A.Poe
Hi there! Check your own answers about the tale "The Black Cat". By the way, did you like this story? Comproveu les vostres respostes sobre el conte "The Black Cat". Heu de tenir tot correcte per tal d'estudiar-lo bé per l'examen d'E.A.Poe que farem al desembre. Per cert, us ha agradat aquesta història?
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A. Translate into Catalan
ResponEliminaMadman: boig. Drinker: alcohòlic. Angry: enfadat.
Disease: malaltia. To shake: tremolar. Rope: corda, soga.
Heart: cor. Fire: foc. To hang: penjar.
To frighten: espantar. Murder: assassinat. Dreams: somnis.
Brick: totxo. Scream: crit. Murderer: assessí/-ina.
Axe: destral To hit: colpejar. To shout: cridar.
B. What do these definitions refer to?
1. to hang: to kill someone by holding her/him above the ground with a rope around her/his neck.
2. alcohol: liquid in drinks like beer and whisky that make people get drunk.
3. brick: a small hard block which is used for building walls.
4. rope: very thick strong string.
5.horror: a feeling of great fear or dislike.
6.wine: an alcoholic drink made from grapes.
7.axe: a tool for cutting trees and wood.
8.murderer: someone who illegally and intentionally kills another person.
9. gallows: a wooden structure used to hang criminals.
10. plaster: a substance that becomes hard and is used for spreading on walls.
C. Answer the following questions.
1. Who was Pluto? Describe the animal.
Pluto was the cat of the narrator. He was a big and black cat, beautiful and intelligent.
2. What disease did the narrator have?
He was an alcoholic.
3. One night Pluto was afraid of the narrator because he was drunk. Where did the cat bite him?
Pluto bit him on his hand.
4. What did the narrator do to Pluto the first time he’s violent to him?
The narrator took him one eye off.
5. How did Pluto die?
Pluto was hung from a tree by the narrator.
6. What happened the night he killed the cat?
That night there was a big fire in his house.
7. What appeared on a wall of the house when Pluto died?
The shape of a cat appeared on the wall of his bedroom.
8. Why was the narrator worried when he saw the picture on the wall?
Because he had hung Pluto the night before.
9. What was the difference between Pluto and the new cat?
The only difference betwen them was a white mark on the new cat's front.
10. The new cat had a white mark. What was it similar to?
It was similar to the gallows.
11. Why did he kill his wife?
He killed his wife because she tried to stopped him from killing the new cat.
12. Where did he put the corpse?
He put her body behind the walls of the cellar.
13. What did the narrator do to show the policemen that the walls of the house were solidly built?
He knocked on the wall with a stick.
14. Why did the cat began to scream?
Because he heard the sound of the stick knocking on the wall.
D. Are these sentences true or false? Rewrite the false ones with the correct information.
1. The narrator liked animals more than people. TRUE
2. The narrator was married when he was very old. FALSE
He got married when he was quite young
3. Pluto was a dog. FALSE
Pluto was a cat.
4. Pluto was the narrator’s favourite animal. TRUE
5. When Pluto bit the narrator, he cut one of its legs off. FALSE
He cut one of his eyes off .
6. The narrator felt ashamed after hanging Pluto. FALSE
He felt terribly sad after hanging Pluto.
7. The fire didn’t destroy the house. FALSE
The house was destroyed by the fire except from a wall.
8. The shape of a cat appeared on the bedroom wall. TRUE
9. The new cat looked the same as Pluto in every way. FALSE
He looked the same as Pluto except for a white mark on his front.
10. The narrator became afraid of the new cat. TRUE
11. The narrator could rest very well because the new cat was a good animal. FALSE
He couldn’t rest at all.
12. The narrator hated everything, and life itself. TRUE
13. The narrator killed his wife with an axe. TRUE
14. After he killed his wife, he slept badly. FALSE
He could sleep very well
15. The police found the living woman and the dead cat together behind the wall. FALSE
The police found the dead woman and the living cat together behind the wall.
I really liked the story of black cat
ResponEliminaHi!
ResponEliminaYes, I liked the black cat because is a story of horror and we could to see many events.
hello teacher!
ResponEliminayes I like the history of black cat.
see you tomorrow,bye
Hello Sandra,
ResponEliminaI didn't enjoy read The Black Cat story, because I didn't like when the main chapter described with details, how he took off the eye of the cat. I don't like this type of story.
Hi Ashley!
EliminaI agree with you. This story has lots of details and the writer includes lots of descriptions. It makes the plot more real, but more frightening and creepier, too.
See you tomorrow.
I wanted to say " main character" instead of " main chapter"
ResponEliminaHello Sandra
ResponEliminayes, is the history that more i like
Hello Sandra
ResponEliminaI don't like this story very much because it is weird.
Hi Teacher
ResponEliminaThe history of The Black Cat I like because the narrator is very good at describing the events.
Hi!
ResponEliminaI didn't like the story and i have no idea why i don't like it.