Prisoner of Zenda - Preguntas

1. What is the setting (time and place) of The Prisoner of Zenda?
The setting is Europe in the 1890s / late 19th century.
2. Why couldn’t the Duke say anything about Rassendyll even though he knew
Rassendyll was not the King?
He couldn’t say anything because he would have to admit that he had kidnapped the real King.
3. How did Sapt explain Rassendyll’s injured finger to Freyler?
Sapt told Freyler that Rassendyll had caught his finger in a door.
4. Why was Rassendyll keen on getting the people of Ruritania to like him more than
they liked the Duke?
He thought that if there was a fight between him and the Duke, the people would support him
(the “King”).
5. Why couldn’t the Duke ever become King unless he married Flavia?
His mother wasn’t royal, so legally he couldn’t become King unless he married a Princess.
6. Rassendyll has never liked responsibilities. Now he has many. What responsibilities
does he have?
He has to run the country and rescue the real King.
7. Why does Rassendyll become good at pretending he has forgotten rules or people he
has met?
He has to do this so that people will still think he is the real King.
8. Rassendyll tells the Princess that when he was younger, he thought he didn’t need to
worry about society. Why does he say this?
He is forgetting to pretend to be the King. He is thinking of his own youth.
9. How does the Princess react to Rassendyll’s recalling that he thought he had no need
to worry about society?
She is surprised because he always knew he would be King, so he should expect to have
responsibilities.
10. What is the reason Rassendyll claims is the cause of his handwriting being different
from the King´s?
He claims that his hand still hurts from his injury so he can’t write as well as before.
11. “The thing I hunt is a very big animal”, Rassendyll explains. What is Rassendyll really
hunting?
He is really hunting Duke Michael.
12. To whom did the large, modern country house called Tarlenheim belong?
It belonged to a relative.
13. Rassendyll, Sapt and Fritz took ten brave and strong gentlemen that they trusted to
hunt down Michael. What reason did they give to the gentlemen?
They told the gentlemen that Duke Michael was holding a friend of the King as prisoner.
14. What did Johann tell Rassendyll about the real King’s condition?
He told him the King was ill and weak.
15. Why does Rassendyll say that he was forced to stab Max Holf to death?
It was war. He had to do it to rescue the King.
16. What did the Chief of Police in Strelsau tell Rassendyll (The King) about what they had
learnt about the real Rassendyll?
They had found his bags at the train station and they thought he was travelling with Madame
de Mauban.
17. Why do you think Michael´s servants did not put down their weapons when Rupert
told them to?
They were loyal to the Duke, who had just been killed. They knew that Rupert was not their boss
and they were angry that Rupert had killed the Duke.
18. Why did Rassendyll stay in the woods after the fight at the castle?
He did not want anyone to see him because they would think he was the King.
19. At the end of the story, Rassendyll refused to work for Sir Jacob. Rose considered this
a great loss. Illustrate.
Rose thought that if Rassendyll worked for Sir Jacob, he might become an ambassador one day.
She thought that if he didn't go to Ruritania, he wouldn't be anybody important. Rassendyll
refused to go because he took the place of the King when he was in Ruritania and if he went
back there, this would cause him problems.
20. If Fritz and Sapt hadn’t been loyal to the King, what would have happened?
If they hadn't been loyal to the King, Michael would have killed the King. Michael would have
taken the crown.
21. What would Rassendyll have done if he had been greedy for power?
He would have killed both the King and Michael and he would have stayed as King.
22. What was Rassendyll’s plan to rescue the King?
Sapt would take some men to the front door of the mansion. When Johann opened the door,
they would quickly enter and tie up the servants if they did not want to help the King. At the
same time Madame de Mauban would cry out for help from her room. The Duke would surely
come to see what was happening, and they could kill him. Then there would only be two men
left guarding the King, so they would need to move quickly before they hurt the King.
23. Why did Fritz and Sapt lock up Johann’s mother with the King?
They locked her up so that she wouldn’t tell Michael’s men that Rassendyll was pretending to
be the King at the coronation.
24. Why was Rassendyll afraid when he saw Antoinette de Mauban on the balcony?
He was afraid that she would recognize him and say that he wasn’t the real King.
25. According to Flavia, how has Rassendyll (The King) changed in his appearance?
She says that his face is thinner and he acts more serious.
26. Why was Rose angry with Rudolf at breakfast?
She was angry because Rudolf didn’t want to work or have any responsibilities.
27. Why did Rassendyll decide to go to Ruritania?
He wanted to see the coronation of the new King of Ruritania
28. Why did the innkeeper like Duke Michael more than the King?
Duke Michael had always lived in Ruritania and cared about the people. The King had lived
abroad and the people didn’t know him.
29. How could the old castle of Zenda be reached? How could the mansion be reached?
The old castle could be reached only by a drawbridge. The mansion could be reached by a road
30. Why did Duke Michael poison the King?
He didn’t want him to be crowned King the next day. He wanted to prevent him from going to
the coronation.
31. How long did Rassendyll expect to pretend to be the King?
He expected to pretend to be the King for one day / until midnight
32. Why was Sapt anxious when Rassendyll rode through the old part of town alone?
Sapt thought the people in the old part of town might hurt him because they didn’t like the King.

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1. What is the setting (time and place) of The Prisoner of Zenda?

The setting is Europe in the 1890s / late 19th century.

3. How did Sapt explain Rassendyll’s injured finger to Freyler?

He has to run the country and rescue the real King.

He is forgetting to pretend to be the King. He is thinking of his own youth.

He is really hunting Duke Michael.

He told him the King was ill and weak.

It was war. He had to do it to rescue the King.

22. What was Rassendyll’s plan to rescue the King?

26. Why was Rose angry with Rudolf at breakfast?

He wanted to see the coronation of the new King of Ruritania

30. Why did Duke Michael poison the King?

31. How long did Rassendyll expect to pretend to be the King?

He expected to pretend to be the King for one day / until midnight

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