Vocabulary
Reue
remorse
How does the narrator describe himself as a child?
sensitive / tender / fond of animals
Galgen
gallows
What was the first cat's name?
Pluto
How does the second cat treat the narrator?
follows him wherever he goes
strict
rigorous
What act of violence does the narrator first enact on the cat?
He cuts out its eye.
treat someone cruelly
maltreat
What will happen the day after the narrator gives his account?
He will be put to death.
Where did the murder take place?
cellar
expect
anticipate
What behavior brings out aggresion in the man?
He begins to drink heavily.
ask / request
solicit
How does Pluto behave after the narrator takes his eye?
What is the murder weapon?
axe
hardly / barely
scarcely
What happened the night after he had killed the cat?
fire
gereizt / reizbar
irritable / irritated
What is the only thing left in the ruins of the house?
a wall
How does the narrator react to the new cat's absence after killing his wife?
relief
weak
feeble
How does the narrator kill Pluto?
He hangs it from a tree.
clever
sagacious
What is different about the second cat?
patch of white fur
What does the narrator do after killing his wife?
hides her body in the wall of the cellar