Final evaluation

Sessions 1 · Structure 2 · The Necklace 3 · Comparative literature 4 · The Gift of the Magi 5 · The Interlopers 6 · The Cask of Amontillado Evaluation Teacher

Recap check · marked · starts as you come in

Sit down, take your notebook and answer on paper at once. 2 students are drawn at random and marked.

Who is the narrator of the Cask?
What does Montresor use to lure Fortunato?

Marking scale	Points
Each correct answer	1
Full sentence in English	bonus 1
Total	2 + 1

Corrigé

Montresor
his pride, the Amontillado, Luchresi

Evaluation · out of 20

Length: 55 minutes. Read the extract (end of “The Cask of Amontillado”, Poe, 1846, public domain), then answer.

"Fortunato!" No answer. I called again-- "Fortunato--" No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in reply only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I hastened to make an end of my labour. I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up. Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!

Part A · Comprehension (10 points)

1. Who is speaking and to whom, in the last lines? (2 pts)
2. Find two words that create a dark atmosphere. (2 pts)
3. Find the sentence that suggests Montresor may feel guilt, and say how he explains it. (3 pts)
4. Was Montresor punished? (yes / no + one reason) (3 pts)

Part B · Vocabulary of the sequence (4 points)

5. Give the English word: a long quarrel between families (The Interlopers). (1 pt)
6. A large barrel for wine. (1 pt)
7. Money you owe (The Necklace). (1 pt)
8. When the result is the opposite of what we expect. (1 pt)

Part C · Writing (6 points)

Write a short story of 80 to 100 words with a twist ending. Title: “The Last Gift”. You can start with: “It was the night before…”.

Barème

Part	Points
A · Comprehension	10
B · Vocabulary	4
C · Writing	6
Total	20

Corrigé

Montresor, the narrator, tells the story to an unnamed listener who “knows his soul”; Fortunato is dying behind the wall.
For example: catacombs, bones, darkness, damp, niche.
“My heart grew sick”: he says it is because of the damp of the catacombs.
No: after fifty years no one has disturbed the bones.
feud
cask
debt
irony

Part C: see the grid.

Assessment grid for the writing task (6 points)

Criterion	0.5	1	2
Story structure: hook, rising action, twist	no clear structure	structure present	effective twist
Language: past tenses, linking words	many errors	understandable	accurate and varied
Vocabulary of the sequence	very limited	some words reused	rich and precise

Sessions 1 · Structure 2 · The Necklace 3 · Comparative literature 4 · The Gift of the Magi 5 · The Interlopers 6 · The Cask of Amontillado Evaluation Teacher

Reminder, the sequence online: https://short-stories-anglais.netlify.app