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 C1/C2 essay Teacher

Recap check · marked · starts as you come in

Sit down, take your notebook and answer on paper at once. 3 students are drawn at random and marked.

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

Marking scale	Points
Each correct answer	1
Full sentence in English	bonus 1
Total	3 + 1

Corrigé

Montresor
his pride, the Amontillado, Luchresi
a narrator we cannot fully trust

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. How much time has passed since that night? Why is it important? (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 150 to 200 words with a hook and a twist ending. Title: “The Last Gift”.

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.
Half a century, fifty years: he was never punished, which fulfils his plan.
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 C1/C2 essay Teacher

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