The Masque of the red death: Questionnaire.

1.- Who was not afraid of the Red Death?

2.- Who does Prince Prospero invite to his castle?

3.- Why could nobody enter or escape from the castle?

4.- What were the colours of the sevenroomsin the castle?

5.- What was against the wall in the last room?

6.- What do people notice while the clock is chiming midnight?

7.- What was the stranger wearing?

8.- How does the prince feel when he sees the stranger?

9.- Why didn’t anyone want to touch the stranger?

10.- What happens when the stranger turns and looks at the prince?

11.- What was inside the stranger’s clothes and mask?

12.- What was left in the castle when the clock stopped chiming?

Worksheet: "Chinchorro Culture"

WORKSHEET

“THE CHINCHORRO CULTURE”

           

I.              Read the following statements. Correct the inaccurate ones.

1.    Chinchorro culture was developed after the Incan Empire.

2.    Chinchorro culture was sophisticated in all aspects.

3.    Max Uhle was a German investigator.

4.    Mummies are created artificially only.

5.    Chinchorro started to inhabit the area 7,000 years A.C.

6.    Egyptians first removed the extremities.

II.            Find the meaning of the words in column B.

A                                                        B

1. Springs                                         ____a necessity of something.

2. Lungs                                           ____ powerful, relevant.

3. Withstanding                               ____ people without a specific place to live.

4. Effigies                                         ____ big.

5. Natron                                          ____ Flow of water.

6. Circa                                             ____a body in which liquids have been extracted.

7. Village                                          ____ family, close friends.

8. Lack                                              ____ around, not accurate.

9. Care                                              ____ in spite of.

10.Mighty                                         ____ collector.

11.Nomad                                        ____ figure.

12.Dessicated                                 ____Human organ.

13.Folks                                            ____ importance.

14.Large                                           ____ a small town.

15.Gatherer                                      ____ drying salt.

III.           Define the following words in English.

1.    (to) inhabit:

2.    Glimpse

3.    (to) stuff:

4.    Scholar:

5.    Mummy:

IV.          Put the events in the correct order.

a.    Nomads start to settle down   _____

b.    Child of Cerro del Plomo is found. ______

c.    Max uhle published his discoveries. ______

d.    Chinchorro abandoned their elaborate practices. ______

e.    Technological achievements appear in Arica.______

V.           Complete the text with the missing words in the box.

brain- child-artificial-bodies-fabric-south America-natural-halt-health-preservation-stuffed-glimpse- mummies-Peru-desiccated.

 

Mummies are desiccated________, whether created by ___________l processes or _________ manipulation by folks who want to preserve the body.  The _________ of Guanajuato are an example of naturally __________ bodies as are the dry bodies commonly found in the coastal desert of ________________.  A cold and dry climate can also produce mummies such as the __________ of the Cerro Del Plomo found in 1954 in the peaks of the hills that surround Santiago. Ampato Mountains of __________ are other cases of semi-freeze-dried of frozen bodies.

            In comparison with natural mummification artificial mummification does not leave the _______________ to chance or to the capriciousness of nature.  Relatives or specialists intentionally perform a series of procedures in order to ________ decomposition of the cadaver.  Egyptians first removed the internal organs, such as the ________, lungs, and intestines because they decompose quickly.  Next they _________ the cavities with natron, a drying salt found along the banks of the Nile River.  Then they covered the entire body with balsam and a linen __________. 

            The natural mummified bodies often have intact internal organs permitting the study of ____________related issues of the individual and populations of the past.  Artificial mummification, on the other hand, allows us a ____________ of what was important in death rituals and the techniques of dissection and conservation used by specialists in order to create intentional mummies.

VI.          Answer the following questions.

1.    How are the Chinchorro different from the Egyptians?

2.    Who are Iván Muñoz and Juan Chacama?

3.    What do we understand by “internal organs”?

4.    Explain the process of mummification.

5.    Explain the scholars’ theory.

THE BLACK CAT. KEY TO ANSWERS.

HANDOUT

“THE BLACK CAT”

a)  Number these events in the correct order.

1)	The narrator kills his wife.	____14____
2)	The mark on the cat grows and changes until it has the shape of the gallows	____12____
3)	The narrator takes one cat home.	____11____
4)	The narrator holds of an axe and tries to kill the animal.	____13____
5)	The shape of a cat is outlined in the white bedroom wall.	____10____
6)	On top of her head, with a red, open mouth and one burning eye, sat the black cat.	____17____
7)	The narrator takes a knife and cuts one of Pluto´s eyes.	____7____
8)	The narrator becomes a heavy drinker.	____2____
9)	Fire in the house	____9____
10)	He caught Pluto by his neck and shook him.	____5____
11)	He hangs Pluto from a tree and leaves it there to die.	____8____
12)	Pluto bit the narrator.	____6____
13)	The police visit his house.	____16____
14)	His wife used to buy him many animals as presents.	____1____
15)	He starts to hit his wife and animals.	____4____
16)	The narrator hides the body of his wife behind the walls of the cellar.	____15____
17)	The narrator becomes very violent.	____3____

b) Complete each sentence with a word from the box. You can use the same word

more than once.

angry – axe – cellar – evil – horror mad – object – plaster – several

a) Some people believe that all black cats are EVIL

b) I was often suddenly ANGRY about unimportant things.

c) Someone else was in my body: someone evil, and MAD with drink!

d) The next morning, my mind was full of pain and HORROR when I woke up.

e) I realized why this wall didn’t burn: because there was new PLASTER on it.

f )I looked at the shape in complete HORROR .

g) I noticed a black OBJECT on top of a cupboard.

h) The cat pressed the side of his head against my hand SEVERAL times.

i)  I took the AXE and tried to cut the animal into two.

j)  I decided to hide the body in one of the walls of the CELLAR.

c) Which of the words below describe the people or animals in the story?

Bad – brave – clever – evil – friendly – good Happy  – horrible – kind – loving – selfish – sick

a) The story-teller: SICK.

b) The story-teller’s wife: KIND.

c) Pluto: CLEVER.

d) The second cat: FRIENDLY.

c)  Answer the following questions.

1.- Why does the narrator say that he is going to die tomorrow?

2.- What was the name of the cat?

3.- Why does he become into an angry and violent person?

4.- Why does the narrator mention the wall to the police?

5.- Why and how does he kill his wife?

6.- Where is the narrator as the writes the story?

7.- Describe what the narrator did to Pluto that cost him an eye?

8.- Compare the two cats in the story.

9.- What was the narrator like as a child? As a young married man?

10.- How does Pluto react to the narrator after he hurt him?