KEY TO PAU TEST (S)

WHERE DOES DRACULA COME FROM?
Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
Bram Stoker was familiar with Eastern European stories because of his readings

"Stoker, the author, is known to have consulted books on legends from Transylvania, Moldavia, and the Carpathians"destacar parrafo
When Stoker´s Dracula arrived in England, he had the appearance of a terrible black bat

"Dracula -the vampire- jumped to land at Whitby in the shape of a huge dog" destacar parrafo

In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. (?)
a) Why is Whitby important to understand the origin of the novel Dracula?
Whitby is an essential town in the creation of Draculabecause it was in this city where its author was planning the novel while he spent the summer there with his family.destacar parrafo

b) What do you know about Countess Báthori and why is she mentioned in the text?.
Countess Báthori was a Hungarian lady who belonged to the aristocracy and was arrested in 1610 for murdering girls. She is mentioned in the text because her habit of washing herself in the blood of her victims reminds us of Dracula, who also used his victims´ blood to stay young.destacar parrafo

Find the words in the text that mean: (?)
a) impressive : imposing (imponente) destacar parrafo
Ayuda: impressive (impresionante) es un adjetivo, al igual que imposing, uno de los muchos adjetivos que se forman a partir de un verbo (impose) añadiendo el sufijo -ing.
b) involved : engaged destacar parrafo

c) seems : appears  destacar parrafo

d) custom : habit  destacar parrafo

Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the words in brackets when given.
a) Although many people know the legend of Count Dracula, few have read the novel. However, I think that the film Dracula is less frightening than the book.
b) If you had been (be) a victim of Count Dracula, whatwould you have done?
c) This is the first book about Bram Stoker that deals (deal) with the sources of his novels. Every detail is explained(explain) with clarity and precision.

Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
d) "What else did you see?" - I asked the girl what else she had seen.

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