According to the text, ___.
zombies are represented in different ways in different TV programmes, films and books
our current understanding of what a zombie is comes from a seminal sixties film
people do not find zombies as frightening now as they did in the past
people like zombies because they show us the dark side of humankind
'Zombie' ___.
is a Haitian and West African religion
is a witch doctor who practises magic
comes from the Kongo word 'nzambi'
means 'victim'
In Haitian culture, zombies are ___.
living people who are kept in a death-like state by poisoning
dead people who have been brought back to life by witch doctors
people who are being punished for disloyalty to the secret police
witch doctors who have poisoned themselves with their own medicine
Clairvius Narcisse ___.
claimed he was a real-life zombie
said working on a sugar plantation turned people into zombies
took 'zombie powder' to appear dead in order to escape the sugar plantation where he worked
told a Harvard scientist that he knew how to turn people into zombies
Wade Davis ___.
identified the poisons in Clairvius Narcisse's blood
experimented with different substances naturally available where Clairvius Narcisse lived
thought Clairvius Narcisse's condition was psychological
asked local witch doctors how to make a zombie
'The Serpent and the Rainbow' ___.
proved Narcisse's theory with rigorous scientific evidence
presented the case with scepticism
was popular with zombie fans but not scientists
was a fictional account based on the real-life story
