Urban Legends: Buried Alive

What is the critical message to the reader in Ambrose Bierce's story?

• Watch out, you may be buried alive.

• No one is safe.

• There is a perfectly rational explanation for dug up corpses in the graveyard.

• Zombies are real.

Majorie McCall was dug up because...

• they wanted to steal the corpse

• they wanted to steal a ring

• they were convinced she wasn't dead

What is a wake?

• a gathering of friends of after death, before burial

• a burial ceremony

• the act of digging up a body

• the act of waking up from the grave

How do you call a scientist that studies the stories people told and tell?

• anthropologist

• ethnologist

• folklorist

• storiologist

Urban legends...

• are made up stories

• originate from true events

• or made up by a writer

• are true

What can we learn from urban legends?

• the facts they describe

• what fascinates people

• the history of a city

• how we should behave

Urban legends are common

• all around the world

• mostly in USA

• only in the Western world

The urban legend about the telephone call from beyond the grave reflects...

• our desire to communicate with the deceased

• our love for telephones

• our love for horror stories

• how much imagination people have

You can often recognize a urban myth because it happened...

• long time ago

• to a friend of a friend

• to someone you know

• to someone famous

If you are buried alive, you will probably die of...

• heart attack

• lack of oxygen

• air pressure

• cold