Dracula. Bram Stoker. About the Author CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER ONE. Step Four B2.1 READING & TRAINING

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1 Step Four B2.1 READING & TRAINING About the Author Page 9 activity 1 1 F He was a sickly child. 2 F He later asked her to write them down for him. 3 T 4 F Mina believes women should always work for the men in their lives Mina is a strong woman but not independent. 5 T 6 T 8 F Irving sucked his financial blood. 9 T 10 T 11 F The book s Dracula comes from earlier Gothic books. 12 T 13 F He has appeared in more than 200 films. 14 T CHAPTER ONE Page 11 activity 1 Bram Stoker Dracula KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES AND EXIT TEST Page 11 activity 2 1 Munich 2 the landlady 3 worried 4 afraid 5 go faster 6 an hour 7 became excited 8 smiled 9 was going Page 22 activity 1 1 B 2 A 3 D 4 D 5 D 6 C 7 D Page 23 activity 2 Page 23 activity 3 Page 24 activity 4 1 D 2 E 3 C 4 B 5 A Page 26 activity 1 A 3 B 6 C 1 D 4 E 2 F 5 CHAPTER TWO Page 37 activity 1 1 At first he was curious, but then his feeling of curiosity changed to horror and disgust. 2 Because it gave him pleasure to disobey the Count. 3 Two of them had dark hair and eyes that were almost red. The third one had blonde hair and light blue eyes. All had bright white teeth and sensuous lips. 4 They were going to bite him. 5 The Count came in and stopped them. 6 He gave them a baby to feed on. 7 He could tell from the date on the last letter he wrote. 8 Earth in large boxes. 9 His eyes were open, but Jonathan could not tell whether he was alive or dead. 10 His grey hair had turned dark. His lips were redder and he was round with blood. 11 He realized that he was a monster and that he was helping to bring him to London where he would create thousands more monsters just like himself. 12 He locked him in his room, and he kept wolves around the castle. 13 Because the Count went around wearing Jonathan s clothes. 14 He was going to climb down the castle wall. Page 38 activity 2 1 Jonathan left for the Count s castle on 4 May, which was the eve of St George s Day. 2 The Count s coach, which was pulled by four splendid horses, arrived. 3 One of Jonathan s companions on the coach said, The dead travel fast, which is a line from a famous German poem. 4 The Count s breath had a terrible odour, which made Jonathan feel sick. 5 The Count was going to buy a property called Carfax, which was near a lunatic asylum. 6 Jonathan discovered he was a prisoner in the castle, which was on a 1000-foot-high precipice. he Count, who could climb down walls like a lizard, knew English very well. Page 39 activity 3 May 5 Finally, Jonathan Harker has arrived! I have been waiting for this day for years. Things could not be better. Mr Harker seems like a perfect young Englishman the kind who can teach me to speak English so that no one will suspect that I am from Transylvania. I also think he will be easy to manipulate. I was even able to block him from killing me with a shovel by simply using hypnotic powers the power of my eyes. This makes me believe that I can make him do whatever I want, and then in the end I will kill him. First I will dine on his blood and then I will let my three wives of evil have some of his blood too. Then all will be well and I can go to London and begin my invasion. In just a few years I will have thousands and thousands of vampires that I command. In the end, I will rule all! 2

2 Real Vampires Page 45 activity 1 1 T 2 F 3 F He thought that there was every kind of proof to show that vampires existed. 4 F The reports on vampires created a big sensation. 5 F All the major capitals of Europe began to learn about the belief in vampires. 6 F Scientists have found that the description of the vampire is the description of a decomposing body. 8 T 9 F They were written in German. 10 F The first literary vampires appeared in the 1730s. 11 T Page 46 activity 1 A 6 B 4 C 2 D 1 E 5 F 3 Page 46 activity 2 1 he has written her 2 no 3 Dr Seward 4 all around the world 5 the graveyard CHAPTER THREE Page 56 activity 1 1 D 2 E 3 A 4 I 5 K 6 G 7 B 8 C Page 57 activity 2 1 O 2 C R A W L 3 4 N S S E 6 5 W H I S P E R S O A T 8 U R 7 N I G H T M A R E N O O 15 K R 9 H O W L R A 10 M I R O R N E U R D S M 11 W I L L 12 S O O N A Y U 13 D E A D 14 C R E W Y R Page 58 activity 3 Page 58 activity 4 Page 60 activity 1 Page 60 activity 2 Page 60 activity 3 1 ill 2 be married 3 read his notebook 4 a philosopher and a scientist 5 be dying 6 Amsterdam 7 blood CHAPTER FOUR Page 71 activity 1 1 F He was usually nice and respectful. 2 F He arrived by chance at Lucy s home when they were about to perform the transfusion. 3 T 4 T 5 F He concluded that this was impossible otherwise the bed would have been full of blood. 6 F She did not understand what happened to her that was what made it so terrifying. She called it a horror, a weakness. 7 F She even thought that Van Helsing was joking with her. 8 F She got much worse. 9 F Her mother died of fright. 10 T Page 71 activity 2 1 all the evil things in the world have complete power 2 a nightmare 3 pointed ears and teeth 4 London and the English language 5 reflected in Jonathan s mirror 6 he saw the blood of a small razor cut 7 millions of people to feed on 8 more demons like himself 9 the lunatic asylum 10 suck the blood 11 very pale 12 blood transfusions Page 72 activity 3 A 1 calm 2 rude 3 old-fashioned 4 servant 5 relaxed 6 gradual 7 sadness 8 dark 9 carelessly 10 cowardly 11 strenght 12 rare 13 bright 14 dull 15 far B 1 brave 2 dim 3 weakness 4 sudden 5 sadness 6 servant 7 advanced 8 rare 9 sharp 10 pale 11 accurately 12 common Page 74 activity 4 1 recorded 2 interestingly 3 harmless 4 successful 5 British 6 unsuccessful 7 pathologist 8 deadly 9 unlucky 10 lucky Page 74 activity 5 Vampire Bats Page 78 activity 1 1 Fruit. 2 About 1,000 species. 3 In the American tropics. 4 They are only 8 centimetres long. 5 Using echolocation, or sonar. 6 For seeing. 7 A protein in the bat s saliva which prevents blood from coagulating. 8 Because otherwise they would be too heavy to fly. 9 Because, although the bite is not particularly dangerous, there is the danger of getting rabies. Page 79 activity 1 3 4

3 Page 79 activity 2 1 To stay with Lucy during the night September. 3 The morning of 18 September. 4 She told him to kiss her. 5 Nothing he was too shocked. 6 That he would protect Arthur and give her peace. CHAPTER FIVE Page 90 activity 1 1 V, I 2 V, J 3 L, A 4 L, B 5 V, E 6 J, D 7 J, F 8 V, G 9 A, C 10 V, H Page 91 activity 2 1 but 2 one 3 turned 4 that 5 both 6 called 7 could 8 who 9 has Page 92 activity 3 1 may have made 2 let me read 3 what I thought 4 courageous enough 5 was not 6 we should marry 7 what is wrong 8 could not have come Page 93 activity 4 Page 93 activity 1 A 3 B 1 C 2 CHAPTER SIX Page 99 activity 1 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 A Page 100 activity 2 Medicine: veins, transfusion, narcotic, fever, ill Animals and how they move and sound: spider, flapping, bat, howl, moth, fox Vampire things: coffin, garlic, punctures, stake Head and face: forehead, lips, throat, chin Page 101 activity 3 Page 102 activity 4 1 C 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 A 7 D 8 D 9 A Page 103 activity 1 CHAPTER SEVEN Page 115 activity 1 1 E 2 G 3 A 4 J 5 H 6 N 7 I 8 C 9 M 10 F 11 D 12 B Page 116 activity 2 1 F 2 G 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 D Page 118 activity 1 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 B 5 C CHAPTER EIGHT Page 130 activity 1 1 T 2 F She couldn t she was blocked because the circle was made with the Sacred Wafer. 3 F She herself was part vampire so she knew that they would no attack her. 4 F They considered her an ally, a sister. 5 F He found the courage when he thought that he was going to give them peace. 6 T 8 T 9 F He realized that they had no official documents only personal writings. 10 F No, they found it almost impossible to think it was the place of such great suffering. Page 130 activity 2 A 5; 1 patient 2 forehead B 4; 3 asylum 4 scream C 6; 5 mind 6 tricked D 2; 7 newspapers 8 graveyard E 9; 9 sunset 10 throat 11 scar F 3; 12 tomb 13 pointed 14 drive 15 real G 7; 16 carriage H wagon 18 ground I 1; 19 punctures 20 kiss 21 peace Page 132 activity 3 1 was always sick 2 the sea/dublin Bay 3 drive stakes in the bodies 4 a little girl 5 in the north of Ireland 6 the blood of cows 7 see them again 8 a red cloth 9 sport 10 taking long fast walks Page 133 activity 4 Victorian Villains, Monsters and Fears Page 138 activity 1 1 The fact that they play with the fear of invasion of Britain. 2 The fear of foreigners who contaminate the purity of the British race. 3 When the British in foreign lands adopted native morals, ideals and customs. 4 A character from the novel Trilby by George du Maurier, who was one of Stoker s models for Count Dracula. 5 Erik from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. 6 The fear of the very close ties that men have to animals. 7 A character from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by R. L. Stevenson; he represents the evil side of Dr Jekyll. 8 The immortal white queen of an African tribe, from the novel She by H. Rider Haggard. 9 The fear of invasion, of reverse colonization, of the animal inside of each one of us, of the new woman Black Cat Publishing, an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury 4 5

4 E X I T T E S T E X I T T E S T 1 Choose the best answer - A, B, C or D. 1 Jonathan thought that the crucifix the landlady gave him was A a good way of protecting him from vampires. B not part of a true religion. C something that would make his mother happy. D part of the tradition of the Church of England. 2 The Count did not come out to shake his hand until Jonathan had entered the castle because A Jonathan had to enter the castle of his own free will. B the Count could not leave his castle. C the Count was afraid of the wolves outside. D the Count was not certain who Jonathan was. 3 A horrible anger appeared on the Count s face when he saw Jonathan shaving because A the Count thought that shaving mirrors were a sign of vanity. B the Count hated the crucifix around Jonathan s neck. C the Count realized that Jonathan had understood that he had no reflection. D the Count had seen the blood coming out of Jonathan s cut. 2 6 The Count left the castle with boxes filled with A papers and documents about Carfax. B Jonathan s clothes. C earth. D English books. 7 Lucy Westenra s fiancé is A Arthur Holmwood B Dr Seward C Quincey P. Morris D Dr Van Helsing 8 Mina was not surprised when Lucy began sleepwalking because A she knew the Count had the power to make people sleepwalk. B she knew that hot weather often made people sleepwalk. C she too often sleepwalked. D Lucy sleepwalked when she was younger. Answer the following questions. 1 What did Professor Van Helsing give Lucy to keep the vampire away? 4 The Count wore Jonathan s clothes when he went to post Jonathan s letters A because he had no good clothes of his own. B so the post office would accept the letters. C because he was afraid of the people in the town. D so that people would think that Jonathan did the terrible things he was going to do. 2 What, in truth, was the bloofer lady? 3 Why did Mina read Jonathan s diary? 4 What did Lucy and the children who had been taken away by the bloofer lady have in common? 5 Why did Renfield want Mina to leave the asylum? 5 Jonathan noticed that horrible things happened in the Count s castle A only when the Count was there. B only when he fell asleep. C only when the Count was away. D only during the night. 6 What were the Count s powers? 7 How could Van Helsing read the Count s mind? 8 Why did Mina feel safe from the vampire women? 6 Photocopiable 2009 Black Cat Publishing Photocopiable 2009 Black Cat Publishing 7

5 K E Y T O T H E E X I T T E S T Activity 1 1 B 2 A 3 B 4 D 5 D 6 C 7 A 8 D Activity 2 1 garlic flowers 2 a woman vampire 3 Because she wanted to know the cause of his brain fever. 4 They all had punctures on their necks. 5 Because he liked her and did not want the Count to attack her. 6 He could change shapes and control the fog. 7 By hypnotising Mina at dawn and at sunset. 8 Because she had almost become a vampire. 8