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    Reading Skills Practice: The History of Zombies - Exercises: Preparation

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    Zombies originated from Haitian and West African culture, where they were believed to be living people placed into a death-like state through poisoning by witch doctors known as "bokors". In the 1960s, an alleged real-life zombie named Clairvius Narcisse claimed he had been poisoned and revived, spurring scientific investigation. Anthropologist Wade Davis identified possible poisons that could induce a death-like state and control over the victim. However, some scientists remain skeptical of Davis's claims about the possibility of creating real zombies through toxins. Zombie stories have since become popular in Western fiction and horror films.

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    Zombies originated from Haitian and West African culture, where they were believed to be living people placed into a death-like state through poisoning by witch doctors known as "bokors". In the 1960s, an alleged real-life zombie named Clairvius Narcisse claimed he had been poisoned and revived, spurring scientific investigation. Anthropologist Wade Davis identified possible poisons that could induce a death-like state and control over the victim. However, some scientists remain skeptical of Davis's claims about the possibility of creating real zombies through toxins. Zombie stories have since become popular in Western fiction and horror films.

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    Zombies originated from Haitian and West African culture, where they were believed to be living people placed into a death-like state through poisoning by witch doctors known as "bokors". In the 1960s, an alleged real-life zombie named Clairvius Narcisse claimed he had been poisoned and revived, spurring scientific investigation. Anthropologist Wade Davis identified possible poisons that could induce a death-like state and control over the victim. However, some scientists remain skeptical of Davis's claims about the possibility of creating real zombies through toxins. Zombie stories have since become popular in Western fiction and horror films.

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    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises

    Zombies are big news at the moment, but do you know how it all started? Read this to find out where
    zombie mania comes from.

    Preparation
    Write the sentences in the correct group.

    c. Their brains don’t


    a. They change from b. You can kill them by
    work properly and their
    human to beast when putting a stake through d. They eat human flesh.
    bodies are
    there is a full moon. the heart.
    decomposing.

    g. They are hairy, with h. You can kill them by


    f. They drink human
    e. They sleep in coffins. sharp teeth and long cutting off the head and
    blood.
    claws. destroying the brain.

    Zombies Werewolves Vampires


    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises
    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises

    1. Check your understanding: multiple choice


    Circle the best option to complete these sentences.

    1. According to the text …

    a. zombies are represented in different ways in different TV programmes, films and books.
    b. our current understanding of what a zombie is comes from a seminal sixties film.
    c. people do not find zombies as frightening now as they did in the past.
    d. people like zombies because they show us the dark side of humankind.

    2. ‘Zombie’ …

    a. is a Haitian and West African religion.


    b. is a witch doctor who practises magic.
    c. comes from the Kongo word ‘nzambi’.
    d. means ‘victim’.

    3. In Haitian culture, zombies are …

    a. living people who are kept in a death-like state by poisoning.


    b. dead people who have been brought back to life by poisoning.
    c. people who are being punished for disloyalty to the secret police.
    d. witch doctors who have poisoned themselves with their own medicine.

    4. Clairvius Narcisse …

    a. claimed he was a real-life zombie.


    b. said working on a sugar plantation turned people into zombies.
    c. took ‘zombie powder’ to appear dead in order to escape the plantation where he worked.
    d. told a Harvard scientist that he knew how to turn people into zombies.

    5. Wade Davis …

    a. identified the poisons in Clairvius Narcisse’s blood.


    b. experimented with different substances naturally available where Clairvius Narcisse lived.
    c. thought Clairvius Narcisse’s condition was psychological.
    d. asked local witch doctors how to make a zombie.

    6. The Serpent and the Rainbow …

    a. proved Narcisse’s theory with rigorous scientific evidence.


    b. presented the case with scepticism.
    c. was popular with zombie fans but not scientists.
    d. was a fictional account based on the real-life story.
    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises

    2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill


    Complete the gaps with a word from the box.

    widely controversial mythical sceptical

    evil horror submissive inconsistent

    In Haitian culture, zombies are victims, rather than _______________ (morally bad or wrong)
    1.
    creatures.

    2. In Haiti, the ‘bokors’ were _______________ (by a large number of people) feared and respected.

    Many people think that zombies are _______________ (based on a traditional or legendary story)
    3.
    creatures, like vampires or werewolves.

    The ‘bokors’ told Wade Davis that poison was used to keep the ‘zombies’ in a (obedient and
    4.
    unresisting) _______________ state.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow was made into a _______________ (a genre made to cause fear in
    5.
    the audience) film.

    6. Some scientists were _______________ (not convinced) about Davis’s claims.

    They said the amounts of toxin in the powder sample were _______________ (not always the
    7.
    same) and not enough to cause zombifying effects.

    Many people still believe in zombies in Haiti, but Davis’s theory remains _______________
    8.
    (causing public disagreement).

    Discussion

    Are you a zombie fan?


    Why do you think people like frightening themselves with zombies so much?

    Vocabulary Box Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.

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