examentraining history of zombies

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Zombies

werewolves

vampires

They change from human to beast

when there is a full moon.

You can kill them by

putting a stake through the heart.

Their brains don’t work 

properly and their bodies 

are decomposing

You can kill them by cutting 

off the head and destroying the brain.

They eat human flesh.

They are hairy, with

sharp teeth and long

claws

They drink human

blood.

They sleep in coffins

In Haitian culture, zombies are victims, rather than                                        creatures.

In Haiti, the ‘bokors’ were                                                   feared and respected.

Many people think that zombies are                                                                        creatures, like vampires or werewolves.

The ‘bokors’ told Wade Davis that poison was used to keep the ‘zombies’ in a                                              state.

The Serpent and the Rainbow was made into a  film.

Some scientists were                            about Davis’s claims.

They said the amounts of toxin in the powder sample were                                    and not enough to cause zombifying effects.

Many people still believe in zombies in Haiti, but Davis’s theory remains

morally bad or wrong

by a large number of people

based on a traditional or legendary story

obedient and unresisting

a genre made to cause fear in the audience

not convinced

not always the same

 causing public disagreement.

evil 

widely

mythical

submissive 

horror

sceptical

inconsistent

controversial

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The history of Zombies

Zombies are everywhere these days - on television, in movies and in books. The current image of terrifying flesh-eating zombies comes from George Romero's 1968 classic film Night of the Living Dead. Nowadays many people like to frighten themselves with the idea of the 'Zombie Apocalyse' and enjoy learning how to destroy zombies by decapitation or shooting them in he head.

However zombies are not new. The term, from the Kongo word nzambi which means spirit or dead person , has been long associated with the Vodou religion of Haiti (popularly know as Voodoo). As with West AfricanVodun, from which it is descended. Vodou has strong ties to the supernatural and magic practised by witch doctors called bokors.

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1 The portrayal of zombies as flesh-eating creatures originated from a film released in the 1970s.

2 The concept of a "Zombie Apocalypse" is popular among those who enjoy horror themes.

3 The term 'zombie' has its roots in a word from the Kongo language that refers to a living person.

4 Vodou, which is linked to the idea of zombies, is primarily practiced in Haiti.

5 The text suggests that the image of zombies has remained unchanged since the 1960s.

6 Bokors are practitioners of Vodou who are associated with supernatural practices.

7 The text indicates that zombies have only recently become a subject of interest in popular culture.

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In Haitian culture zombies are no evil creatures but victims. They are said to be people who have been killed by poisoning, then reanimated and controlled by bokors with magic potions for some specific purpose, usually to work as slave labour. The bokors were widely feared and respected. It is said that they used to be in the service of the secret police and those who defied authorities were threatened with being turned into the living dead.

For a long time most people assumed that zombies were nothing more than mythical figures, like werewolves and vampires. However this changed in the 1980s when a man called Clairvius Narcisse claimed that he had been turned into a zombie by means of drugs and forced to work on a sugar plantation for two years before escaping. Wade Davis, a harvard scientist, investigated the claim and obtained something called 'zombie powder' from Haitian bokors. The main active ingredient was a neurotoxin found in pufferfish which could be used to simulate death. The bokors also explained to Davis that a second poison, made from the datura plant, known as the zombie cucumber, was given to victims after they were revived from their death-like state This kept the 'zombies' in a submissive state so that it was easy to force them to work. Davis wrote several books on the topic including the Serpent and the Rainbow. Later made into a horror film by Wes Craven.

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1 In Haitian culture, zombies are considered malevolent beings that cause harm to others.

2 The bokors were both feared and respected figures within the community.

3 Clairvius Narcisse's claim about being turned into a zombie was widely accepted without skepticism.

4 The neurotoxin used to simulate death is derived from a type of fish.

5 The second poison administered to zombies was intended to enhance their strength and productivity.

6 Wade Davis authored several works on the subject of zombies, including a book that was later adapted into a film.

 7 The text suggests that the concept of zombies has remained unchanged since its inception.

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What is the traditional role of zombies in Haitian culture?

Who are the bokors and what is their relationship to zombies?

How did the perception of zombies change in the 1980s?

What did the scientist Wade Davis discover about the ingredients used to create zombies?

What was the purpose of using the two different poisons on the victims?

What books and films have been created about the topic of Haitian zombies?

How did the Haitian authorities use the threat of zombification to control the population?

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although he book was very popular with the public, some scientists were sceptical of Davis's claims. They said the amounts of toxin in the powder samples he found were inconsistent and not high enough to produce zombifying effects. Although many people in Haiti still believe in zombies, there have been no publicised cases in the last few decades and Davis's theory remains controversial. The zombie Apolcalypse seems unlikely to take place soon.

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1 The author claims that many scientists support Davis's findings.

2 Some scientists doubt the validity of Davis's research.

3 The belief in zombies has completely disappeared in Haiti.

4 Davis's theory about zombies is widely accepted without controversy.

5 The text suggests that the amount of toxin found was sufficient to create zombifying effects.

6 There have been no reported cases of zombies in Haiti for many years.

7 The possibility of a zombie apocalypse happening soon is considered likely.

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What is the origin of the term "zombie"?

How are zombies portrayed in Haitian Vodou culture?

What claim did Clairvius Narcisse make, and how did Wade Davis investigate it?

What were the main ingredients in the "zombie powder" that Davis obtained from Haitian bokors?

Why were some scientists skeptical of Davis's claims about the zombie powder?

Why does the text suggest that the "Zombie Apocalypse" is unlikely to occur?

How has the modern depiction of zombies as flesh-eating monsters differ from the traditional Haitian concept?

According to the text, ___.

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

In Haitian culture, zombies are ___.

1. living people who are kept in a death-like state by poisoning
2. dead people who have been brought back to life by witch doctors
3. people who are being punished for disloyalty to the secret police
4. witch doctors who have poisoned themselves with their own medicine

Clairvius Narcisse ___.

1. claimed he was a real-life zombie
2. took 'zombie powder' to appear dead in order to escape the sugar plantation
3. said working on a sugar plantation turned people into zombies
4. told a Harvard scientist that he knew how to turn people into zombies

Wade Davis ___.

1. identified the poisons in Clairvius Narcisse's blood
2. experimented substances naturally available where Clairvius Narcisse lived
3. thought Clairvius Narcisse's condition was psychological
4. asked local witch doctors how to make a zombie

'The Serpent and the Rainbow' ___.

1. proved Narcisse's theory with rigorous scientific evidence
2. presented the case with scepticism
3. was popular with zombie fans but not scientists
4. was a fictional account based on the real-life story

Wade Davis, a harvard scientist, investigated the claim and obtained something called 'zombie powder' from Haitian bokors. The main active ingredient was a neurotoxin found in pufferfish which could be used to simulate death. The bokors also explained to Davis that a second poison, made from the datura plant, known as the zombie cucumber, was given to victims after they were revived from their death-like state

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• zin 2 - ik ben geslaagd

zin 2 is het gevolg van zin 1

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