The Prisoner of Zenda – General Revision

The Prisoner of Zenda

General Revision
..‫ملحوظة هامة جداا‬
‫هذه المذكرة ل تتنغني بأي وحال من الوحوال عن مراجعة كل فصل من فصول القصة بدقة‬
Answer the following questions:
1) What is the setting (time and place) of The Prisoner of Zenda?
♥ The setting is Europe in the late 19th century.
2) How old is Rudolf when the events of the story start?
♥ He is 29 years old.
3) According to Rose, how is Rudolf Rassendyll different from
his brother Robert?
♥ Rudolf is different because he does not take his duties to society
seriously. /He doesn't work.
4) Mention three skills that Rudolf Rassendyll has?
♥ He can speak several languages (German, French, Spanish,
Italian). He can ride a horse. He can fight with a sword.
5) Why wasn't Rassendyll as sick as the King was after eating
the cakes?
♥ He only ate one cake, so he ate less poison.
6) 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.
7) 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.
8) According to Flavia, how has Rassendyll (the King) changed
in his appearance?
♥ She says that his face is thinner and he looks more serious.
9) 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.

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10) How did Sapt explain Rassendyll's injured finger to Freyler?
♥ Sapt told him that Rassendyll had caught his finger in a door. .

11) 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.

12) Why couldn't the Duke ever become King unless he married
Flavia?
♥ The Duke's mother was not royal, so legally he couldn't become
King unless he married Princess Flavia.
13) 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.
14) 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 sill think he is the real King.
15) 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.
16) How does the Princess react to Rassendyll's recalling ‫تذتكر‬
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.
17) What is the reason Rassendyll claims ‫ يزتع م‬is 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.
18) 'The thing I hunt is a very big animal," Rassendyll explains.
What is Rassendyll really hunting?
♥ He is really hunting Duke Michael.

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19) To whom did the large, modern country house called
Tarlenheim belong?
♥ It belonged to a relative of Fritz.
20) 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 a prisoner and it was their job to set him free.
21) What did Johann tell Rassendyll about the real King's
condition?
♥ He told him that the King was ill and weak.
22) 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.
23) 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.

24) Why was Michael keeping Madame de Mauban as a prisoner

in his mansion?
♥ …because he knew that she had warned Rassendyll at the
summer house.
25) Why was Rose angry with Rudolf at breakfast?
♥ She was angry because Rudolf didn’t want to work or have any
responsibilities.
26) Why did Rassendyll decide to go to Ruritania?
♥ He wanted to see the coronation of the new King of Ruritania.
27) 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.
28) 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

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29) 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.
30) How long did Rassendyll expect to pretend to be the King?
♥ He expected to pretend to be the King for one day / until midnight.
31) 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.
32) How did Rassendyll and Sapt get a permit to leave the city?
♥ Sapt was able to copy the King’s signature onto a form.
33) How did Duke Michael know that Rassendyll was not the real
King?
♥ Duke Michael knew that the real King had been poisoned and was
at the hunting lodge. / His men (must have) sent him a message that
the King was asleep at the hunting lodge.
34) Why did the men who came to the lodge have spades with
them?
♥ They had spades because they were going to bury Josef’s body.
35) Why did Rassendyll continue to pretend to be the King after
the coronation day?
♥ Because the real King was missing from the lodge/taken by
Michael’s men.
36) Who is Detchard?
♥ Detchard is an Englishman who is one of Duke Michael’s special
soldiers/Six Men.
37) Why did Rassendyll remember Rose’s words about
responsibilities when he left Princess Flavia’s palace?
♥ Because he suddenly realised that he had always wanted a quiet
life but now he had many responsibilities and he wondered how he
had got into that situation.
38) What did Antoinette tell Rassendyll when he went to the
summer house?
♥ She told him that Michael’s men were planning to kill him there and that he
must leave before they came.
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39) How did Sapt react when Rassendyll almost told Princess
Flavia the truth of who he was?
♥ Sapt’s face was angry but he calmly told Rassendyll that someone
was waiting to see him.
40) What did Sapt want Rassendyll to do at the ball?
♥ Sapt wanted Rassendyll to propose to ‫ يعرض الزواج علي‬Princess
Flavia.
41) Where was Bernenstein when he was shot?
♥ Bernenstein was alone in the woods near the house at Tarlenheim.
42) Why did the King’s prison have a large stone pipe leading to
the moat?
♥ If the Duke killed the King, he would put his body into the moat
through the pipe.
43) Why do you think Johann was willing to act as a spy for
Rassendyll?
♥ Because he didn’t like the Duke. / Because he wanted to help the
King. / Because he was paid a lot of money.
44) What happened at the house at Tarlenheim on the night Rassendyll’s
men attacked the castle?
♥ There was music and bright lights so that it looked like there was a
ball.
45) Why did Rupert attack Antoinette?
♥ Rupert attacked Antoinette because he learnt that she had been
writing to Rassendyll.
46) What two people were with the King when Rassendyll
entered the King’s prison room?
♥ Detchard and the doctor were with the King.
47) 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. /They were angry that Rupert had
killed the Duke.
48) Why did Rassendyll stay in the woods after the fight at the
castle?
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♥ He did not want anyone to see him because they would think he
was the King.

49) 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.
50) 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.
51) What would Rassendyll have done if he had been greedy for
power? ‫يطمع في السلطة‬
♥ He would have killed both the King and Michael and he would have
stayed as King.
52) What would have happened if Rassendyll had been killed at
the summer house?
♥ If Rassendyll had been killed at the summer house, Michael would
have killed the real King and become King.
53) What did Sapt do to protect Rassendyll from Michael's men?
♥ He ordered six men to follow Rassendyll wherever he went in the
capital.
54) Rassendyll's ability to think well and act quickly was evident
‫ واضحة‬at the summer house. Explain?
♥ Rassendyll was almost trapped at the summer house. He used an
iron chair to defend himself against Michael's men. The table top hit
them and they all fell down the steps. Rassendyll fell down too, but
he managed to get up fastest and run away. If he hadn't thought well
and acted quickly, he would have died.
55) Although Johann and Max Holf were brothers, they were
completely different. Discuss.
♥ Johann was a good man. He worked for Duke Michael only
because he was afraid of him and not because he liked him. He
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believed that everyone in the castle was a criminal except the King.
He agreed to work as a spy for Rassendyll because he wanted to
save the King.
Max was an evil man. He helped Michael to carry out his evil plans.
He helped to put up the pipe to the prison window which would be
used to get rid of the King's body after killing him.
56) Rudolf Rassendyll was just the right person to replace the
King of Ruritania, but he was not good at remembering all the
rules or the people he had met. How did he manage to solve this
problem?
♥ He was just the right person because he looked exactly like the
King. As he couldn't remember all the rules or the people he had met,
he became very good at pretending that he had forgotten them so
that people wouldn't notice that he was not the real King.
57) Rassendyll did not only manage to play the role of the King,
but he also helped to change the real King's image in poor
people's minds. ‫ صورة الملك في أذهان الفقراء‬Illustrate. ‫وضضح‬
♥ The poor people didn't like the real King because he was only
interested in food and hunting and he didn't care about them. He
almost lived all his life abroad. Rassendyll rode his horse alone
among the poor people in the old part of the town. People felt that he
trusted them. They knew that he was not a distant ‫ بعيد‬King. When he
bought flowers from the little poor girl on his way to Flavia's house,
people felt that he cared about them. In fact, he helped to stop people
thinking badly about the King.
58) Sapt was the wise old man without whom Rassendyll's job
as a King would have been too difficult. Explain.
♥ Sapt spent hours to tell Rassendyll about the King's duties. He stayed
with Rassendyll to tell him what he ought to do and what he should not do
and also what he should say to the important people Rassendyll had to
meet. When Rassendyll was about to tell Princess Flavia the truth about
himself, Sapt was there to stop him. Sapt did his best to make sure that
his plan to save the King would succeed.
59) Give an example to show that one of Michael's Six Men was
not completely loyal ‫ مخلص‬to him.
♥ Rupert Hentzau was the youngest, the strongest and the most
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Michael was not a good man. He also told Rassendyll that Michael
made him angry and he nearly killed him. Rupert told Rassendyll he
was ready to work with him. His plan was to kill Michael, the King,
Sapt and Fritz so that Rassendyll would stay King and give him a
reward. At the end of the story, Rupert killed Michael.
60) As a King, Rassendyll faced several hardships, ‫صعوبات‬
mention two and say how he was able to overcome them. ‫كيف‬
‫استطاع التنغلب عليها‬
♥ 1-It was difficult for him to remember all the rules or the people he
had met. He overcame this difficulty by pretending that he had
forgotten the rules.
2-When the Chief of Police told him that an Englishman called
Rassendyll was reported missing, Rassendyll felt that his game had
almost been discovered. He overcame this difficulty by telling the Chief of
Police that he would look into the matter and that he should leave and
come back in two weeks.
3-When he went to see Antoinette at the summer house, he was
almost trapped and Michael's men could have killed him, but he used
an iron chair to defend himself and could escape.
61) How did Rassendyll get his red hair and straight nose?
♥ He got them From his grandmother Countess Amelia who married
a member of the Ruritanian royal family, the Elphbergs in 1733.
62) What do you learn from this story?
♥ 1-We learn that there is always conflict between good and evil and that
good always wins in the end.
2-We learn that we should help other people and that by helping them
we become better people.
3-We learn that we should always be loyal to our friends and that
we should never betray them.
4-We learn that we have responsibilities and duties whether we have a
position in society or not.
5-We learn to be fair, honest and tolerant.
6- We learn to love our country and be always ready to help it.
7- We learn that crime doesn't pay and every criminal ill be
punished in the end.
63) What was Michael's reaction when he discovered that
Antoinette had helped Rassendyll at the summer house?

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♥ He invited her and her servants to his mansion and kept them
prisoners there. He didn't allow them to leave again.
64) How did Rupert prove to be the most criminal of Michael's
Six Men?
♥ 1-When he visited Rassendyll in the country house, he pretended
that he wanted to shake hands with him, but suddenly stabbed him in
the shoulder with his knife.
2-He was ready to betray Michael and work with his enemies for his
own good.
3-He killed Duke Michael when Michael tried to stop him from
punishing Antoinette.
4-He was the only one of the Six Men who escaped from
Rassendyll. The other five got killed.

65) Antoinette proved to be a kind-hearted and clever woman.

Explain.
♥ 1- She helped to take care of the King who was very ill in the
castle.
2-She helped Rassendyll at the summer house and told him about
Michael's plan to kill him.
3-Even when she was held a prisoner at the mansion, she
managed to send letters to Rassendyll with Johann.
4-She didn't approve of Michael's plans to kill his brother and take
the crown.
66) Rassendyll proved to be conscientious ‫ يقظ الضمير‬as a King.
Discuss.
♥ Rassendyll worked hard as a King. He felt that he had many
responsibilities and duties. He tried to stop the poor people thinking
badly about the King. He did his best to show the people that he
trusted them. The people of Ruritania felt that he was not a distant
King as he went to the poor area of the city twice. He saved the King
and ran the country well.
67) Duke Michael was a cunning ‫ ماكـر‬man. Give two examples.
♥ 1-Michael was a very cunning and evil man. He wanted to kill his
brother to take the crown, so he held him a prisoner in the castle.
2-When Rassendyll took the place of the King, he planned to kill him
and take his body to the old town where it would be found and Fritz
and Sapt would be arrested for murdering Rassendyll.
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3-He held Antoinette a prisoner in the mansion to stop her from
helping Rassendyll.
4-He made a clever plan to defend the castle if it was attacked.
68) Rupert Hentzau didn't understand that Rassendyll was not
as wicked ‫ شرير‬as him. Explain?
(Rupert Hentzau misjudged Rassendyll's character. ‫أساء الحك م علي‬
‫ شخصيته‬Illustrate)
♥ Rupert Hentzau believed that Rassendyll wanted to stay as King,
so he asked him to attack the castle with the help of Rupert but the
real King, Michael, Sapt and Fritz must all die. Rassendyll could stay
as King and reward Rupert. He didn't understand that Rassendyll was
pretending to be the King for the good of Ruritania. He only wanted to
save the King.
69) The idea of the conflict between good and evil was evident
‫ واضحة‬in 'The Prisoner of Zenda' Illustrate.
♥ Michael and his men represent ‫ ييثمثلون‬evil in the story. Rassendyll, Sapt,
Fritz. Strakencz, Johann and Antoinette and other men represent good.
Michael and his men wanted to kill the King so that Michael would take
the crown. They were read to kill anybody who stood in their way in order
to carry out their evil plans. ‫ لتنفيذ خططهم الشريرة‬Rassendyll and his men
fought against Michael and his men to save the King and the country from
their evil. In the end, good won the battle ‫ كسب الثمعركة‬against evil when the
King was saved and Michael as well as five of his Six men were killed.
70) Michael's men were completely different from the real king's
men. Explain.
♥ Michael's men were evil and wicked. They would kill anyone to
carry out their evil plans. They helped Duke Michael by kidnapping
the real King and killing Joseph. They followed Rassendyll to try to kill
him. They were not completely loyal to Michael as Rupert betrayed
‫ خان‬Michael and killed him in the end. The real king's men were good
and loyal to him such as Sapt, Fritz, Strakencz and the ten brave
strong men. They did their best to protect their country and stop Duke
Michael from killing the King and taking the crown.
71) King Rudolf Elphberg and Rassendyll both underwent a
major personality change. ‫وحدث لهما تنغير كبير في الشخصية‬Explain.
♥ Rassendyll always liked to live a quiet life. He didn't like duties and
responsibilities. He didn't want to have a job as he was rich. When he

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became King, he started to change. He knew what it meant to have
responsibilities. He ran the country ‫ أدار الدولة‬well. Although his life was
in danger, he did his best to save the King's life. He learnt the
valuable lesson that people become better people by helping others.
♥ Rudolf Elphberg was always interested in food and hunting. He
didn't care about poor people. He was a distant King. Many people
didn't like him. Rassendyll taught him what a true king should be. He
learnt that life is not just food and hunting. He knew the value of his
loyal friends. He learnt how to help others as he saved Rassendyll's
life when he was fighting Detchard in the castle.

72) Rudolf Rassendyll could have been killed several times

throughout the story. Give two examples.
♥ 1-Rassendyll could have been killed when he went to the hunting
lodge with Sapt to bring the real King. Michael's men almost trapped
him, but he could escape.
2-When he went to the castle of Zenda to save the King, Detchard
could have killed him if the King hadn't helped him by pushing a chair
against Detchard's legs, so Detchard fell down and it was easy for
Rassendyll to kill him.
3-While he was fighting Rupert Hentzau in the forest of Zenda,
Rupert could have killed him if Fritz hadn't arrived in time riding a
horse and holding a gun. When Rupert saw, Fritz, he escaped.
73 A 'stalemate' ‫ طريق مسدود‬is a situation when neither side in a
battle can make progress or win. ‫موقف ل يحرز فيه أي من طرفي المعركة أي‬
‫ تقدم أو انتصار‬When did this happen in 'The Prisoner of Zenda'?
♥ This happened when Duke Michael kidnapped the real King and
Rassendyll pretended to be the King. Rassendyll could not accuse
Michael in public without admitting that he was not the real King.
Michael could not accuse Rassendyll of anything because then
people would know that he had kidnapped the real King.
74) If Rassendyll hadn't had principles, ‫ مبادئ‬what would he have
done?
♥ He wouldn't have tried to save the real King. He would have followed
Rupert's plan to kill the King, Michael, Sapt and Fritz so as to stay King
forever. He would have married Flavia and taken the crown. He would

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have accepted Michael's offer to take a million gold pieces and leave
Ruritania.

75) Rupert Hentzau and Rassendyll had things in common, ‫بينهما‬

‫ أشياء مشتركة‬but they were also different. Explain.
♥ They were both young and brave. They were both good
swordsmen. On the other hand, Rassendyll was kind and helpful, but
Rupert was cruel and dishonest. Rassendyll was ready to risk his life
to save the King, but Rupert was disloyal ‫ غير مخلص‬and ungrateful ‫غير‬
‫ معترف بالجثميل‬as he betrayed Michael and killed him in the end.
76) While Rassendyll and his men were staying at Tarlenheim,
Rupert Hentzau came twice. Give reasons.
♥ The first time he told Rassendyll that the Duke was sorry that
Rassendyll and his men could not stay in the mansion because the
Duke and many of his servants had a dangerous illness, so it was
best if they stayed away. The second time Rupert came to tell
Rassendyll that the Duke offered him a million gold pieces and a safe
journey to the border if he agreed to leave Ruritania.
77) How were Sapt and Fritz different from each other?
♥ Sapt was so wise. He always knew what to do at the right time. He
was smart and very careful. Without Sapt, Rudolf Elphberg would not
have become King. Fritz was not wise enough. He always wanted to
do things quickly regardless of consequences. ‫بغض النظر عن النتائج‬
78) Sapt was always wise enough to take the right decision at
the right time. ‫ يتخذ القرار المناسب في الوقت المناسب‬Give two examples.
♥ When the King was found unconscious ‫ فاقد الوعي‬at the hunting
lodge, Sapt decided to persuade Rassendyll to take the place of the
King and Rassendyll agreed.
♥ When he was going to the hunting lodge with Rassendyll, they saw
Michael and Max Holf. Sapt could have killed Michael with his gun at
that time, but he didn't because he knew it wouldn't have helped the
King at that moment.
79) Princess Flavia and King Rudolf Elphberg were really
grateful ‫ معترفين بالجميل‬to Rassendyll. Explain.
♥ The King was grateful to Rassendyll because he saved his life and
taught him what a true King should be. Rassendyll ran the country
well while the real King was held a prisoner. Rassendyll also helped
to stop the people thinking badly about the King.
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♥ Flavia was grateful to Rassendyll because he protected her from
Michael and his men and saved her future husband.
80) Although Rassendyll made many mistakes while pretending
to be the King, his game was not discovered. Explain.
♥ Rassendyll was clever enough to cover up his mistakes as he
became very good at pretending that he had forgotten the rules or the
people he had met. Moreover, people wouldn't believe that
Rassendyll was just a pretend king as he looked exactly like the real
King. Sapt was always by his side to tell him what he should or
should not do.
81) Antoinette, Johann and Rupert Hentzau betrayed Duke
Michael for different reasons. Illustrate.
♥ Antoinette knew about Michael's evil plans to kill his brother and
Rassendyll in order to take the crown, so she decided to help Rassendyll
as she believed that Michael had no right to become King.
♥Johann worked for Michael because he was afraid of him and not
because he liked him. He didn't feel safe in the castle and believed
that everyone there was a criminal except the King. So it was easy
for Rassendyll to persuade Johann to work as a spy and help him to
save the King.
♥Rupert Hentzau betrayed Michael because he thought he was not a
good man and Michael made him angry. He was ready to work
against Michael and help Rassendyll to stay King forever as he
believed that Rassendyll would give him a reward. In the end, Rupert
killed Michael.
82) Although he was a pretend King, Rassendyll tried to act like
real kings. Give 2 examples.
♥ He decided to keep some secrets for himself.
♥ He planned to make himself as popular as he could. He wanted to
stop the poor people of Strelsau from thinking badly about him. By
winning the support of the poor people, he hoped that Michael would
not be stronger.
♥ When Sapt told him not to go to the summer house, he decided to
go there.
83) Give an example to show that Rassendyll was a kind-hearted
man.

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♥ He sympathized with ‫ تعاطف مع‬the poor people of Strelsau. He
bought some flowers from a poor girl with a gold coin. When he saw
King Rudolf Elphberg lying unconscious on the floor, he agreed to
take the place of the King for the good of Ruritania. He risked his life
‫خاطر بحياته‬to save the King.
84) Do you think that Ruritania would have become a better
country if Rassendyll had remained King? Why?> Why not?
♥ Yes, I think so, because…
-Rassendyll had a much better personality than Rudolph Elphberg.
-He was able to run the country well while the King was in prison.
-He treated the poor people well and made them trust him.
-People felt that he cared for them.
-He was seen more than once in the old town where most of the poor
people lived.
85) 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.

Read the quotations and answer the questions:

1) “Why should I do anything? I have nearly enough money to

do anything I want to (no one ever has quite enough money to
do that, of course), and I enjoy an important position in society.”

a- Who said this?

♥ Rudolf Rassendyll said this.
b- To whom was it said?
♥ It was said to Rose Rassendyll/ his sister-in-law /
c- Do you agree that people who have a lot of money should do
nothing? Explain your point of view?
♥ I disagree because work is very important to everybody.

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2) “I heard that you rode through the old town alone. That
surprised me. The people there must really have appreciated
‫ أظهروا تقديره م‬what you did.”

a-Who said this?

♥ Princess Flavia said this.
b-To whom was it said?
♥ It was said to Rassendyll (the pretend King).
c-Why did people appreciate this action?
♥ It showed the people that the King cared for them and trusted them.

3) “You do know that Michael will be very angry. Is that a good

idea?”

a-Who said this?

♥ Princess Flavia said this.
b-To whom was it said?
♥ It was said to Rassendyll (the King).
c-What was it that would make Michael very angry?
♥ Rassendyll didn't ask Michael to come into the room and he
couldn't enter without the King's permission.

4) “It would be very useful for Michael if you disappeared. And if

you disappear, the game is over”

a-Who says this?

♥ Colonel Sapt says this.
b-Why does the speaker say this ?
♥ He is explaining why he has men guarding Rassendyll everywhere
he goes.
c-What game would be over if the person disappeared? Explain
♥ The game is Rassendyll pretending to be King. If he disappeared,
Duke Michael would kill the real King and make himself King.

5) “As you know, his mother was not royal and he can only
legally become King if he marries the Princess .”

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a-Who said this?
♥ Rassendyll said this.

b-To whom was it said?

♥ It was said to Marshal Strakencz.
c- Who cannot become King unless he marries the Princess ?
♥ Duke Michael.

6) “He's not a good man. He makes me angry. I nearly killed him

myself last night. Think carefully about my plan .”

a-Who said this?

♥ Rupert Hentzau.
b-To whom was it said?
♥ It was said to Rassendyll.
c-What is the speaker's plan ?
♥ He will help Rassendyll attack the castle. But Sapt, Fritz, the King
and the Duke must die. Rassendyll will remain King and Rupert will
get a reward.

7) “The King likes to live well. Let’s say he prefers eating to

action, but he’s a kind man and he’s our King. We’d do anything
for him.”

a- Who does Fritz say this to?

♥ Fritz says this to Rassendyll
b- In what way is the King like the listener?
♥ They both like to live well and not to work
c- How does the King’s character cause a problem for him that
night?
♥ He likes to eat too much and he ate a lot of the poisoned cakes that
Duke Michael sent

8) “Nervous. I’m not made of stone, you know.”

a- Who said this to Sapt?

♥ Rassendyll said this.
b- Where were they when this was said?
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♥ They were in/near Strelsau. / They were approaching ‫ يقتربون من‬the
train station in Strelsau.
c- Why was the speaker nervous?
♥ He was afraid people would realise that he was not the real King.

9) “Brother, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you were waiting,

otherwise I’d have asked you in sooner.”

a-Where were they when Rassendyll said this to Michael?

♥ They were at Princess Flavia’s palace.
b- Why didn’t Michael go into the room before he was asked?
♥ He couldn’t go into the room without the King’s permission
(because he wasn’t royal).
c- Why didn’t Rassendyll ask him to come into the room
sooner?
♥ He didn’t know that Michael needed the King’s permission. (He
pretended to the Princess that he had forgotten the rule.)

10) “You do not know me, but I do not want you to fall into the
power of the Duke.”

a- Who wrote these words in a letter?

♥ Antoinette de Mauban wrote these words.
b- Who was the letter addressed to?
♥ The letter was addressed to Princess Flavia.
c- What advice did the letter give?
♥ The letter said that she should not accept any invitation from Duke
Michael and that she should not go anywhere without many guards.

11) “That will leave two men alive: you and me. You’ll stay as
the King and I’ll have a reward..”

a- Who said this to Rassendyll?

♥ Rupert Hentzau said this.
b- What was the plan that the person suggested?
♥ He suggested that he set the time ‫ يحدد الوقت‬for an attack on the
castle, but Sapt, Fritz, the King and the Duke must all die.
c- Why do you think Rassendyll refused this plan?
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♥ Because he knew this was morally wrong. ‫ خطأ من الناحية الخلقية‬/
Because he had a duty to rescue the King. / Because he knew he
couldn’t trust Rupert.

12) “You could have become an ambassador yourself one day!

If you don’t go, you’ll never be anyone important.”

a- Who said this to Rassendyll?

♥ His sister-in-law Rose said this.
b- Where did the person want him to go and why?
♥ She wanted him to go to Ruritania to be the assistant to the new
British ambassador.
c- Why didn’t Rassendyll want to do what the person wanted?
♥ He didn’t want to be an ambassador because he had already been
a king. / He knew it would cause problems for him to be in Ruritania
because he looked so much like the King.

13) "I can't do that. It wouldn't be fair to the Princess."

a- Who said this?

♥ Rudolf Rassendyll.
b- To whom was it said?
♥ It was said to Sapt.
c-What would be unfair to the Princess and why?
♥ It would be unfair if Rassendyll asked the Princess to marry him
because he was not the real King. She was supposed to marry her
cousin Rudolf Elphberg.

14) "Sapt had stopped me from saying too much to the

Princess."

a- Who said this?

♥ Rassendyll said this.
b- What was the person going to tell the Princess?
♥ He was going to tell her that he was not the real King and that he
was just pretending to be the King. He was also going to tell her what
had happened to her future husband.
c-Why did Sapt stop him/her?
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♥ Sapt wanted to save the King. He persuaded Rassendyll to
pretend to be the King so that he could rescue the real king and stop
Michael from taking the crown. If the Princess knew about that plan, it
might fail.

15) "This is all true. So will you do such a thing?"

a- Who said this?

♥ Sapt said this.
b- To whom was it said?
♥ It was said to Rassendyll.

c-What was the thing they were talking about? Would the
addressed person do such a thing? Why? Why not?
♥ It was that Rassendyll could arrange for the Duke and the King to
be killed so as to stay King forever. Rassendyll wouldn't do such a
thing. He was just pretending to be the King to save the real King. He
did it for the good of ‫ لثمصلحة‬Ruritania.

16) "I don't mind anything if you are safe."

a- Who said this?

♥ Rassendyll said this.
b- To whom was it said?
♥ It was said to Princess Flavia.
c-When was this said and what did the speaker mean?
♥ It was said when Rassendyll visited Flavia and knew about
Michael's invitation to her to go to Zenda. He told Flavia to pretend
she was ill so that she couldn't go. Rassendyll didn't mind if Michael
would be angry. All that he cared about was the safety of Princess
Flavia.

17) "I am sure they knew that we were not really there to hunt
animals but had a much bigger plan."

a- Who said this?

♥ Rassendyll said this.
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b- Where and when was this said?

♥ It was said at Tarlenheim when three of Michael's men visited
Rassendyll there.
c-Why do you think the people who the speaker was talking
about came?
♥ They came to tell Rassendyll that the Duke was sorry he couldn't
receive them in his mansion as he and many of his servants had a
dangerous disease.

18) "You must leave the country as soon as you can."

a- Who said this to whom?

♥ Sapt said this to Rassendyll.
b- Which country did the speaker refer to?
♥ He referred to Ruritania.

c-Why did the addressed person have to leave that country as

soon as he could?
♥ ---because Michael had news from Zenda and he might have
known that Rassendyll was not the real King, so Rassendyll's life was
in great danger.

19) "It's not good news. I am afraid he's dead."

a- Who said this to whom?

♥ Rassendyll said this to Sapt.
b- Where were they?
♥ They were in the hunting lodge.
c-Who was killed and who killed him?
♥ Josef, the King's servant, was killed by Michael's men.

20) "Well done! That was very brave. Do you think they saw
who you were."

a- Who said this to whom?

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♥ Sapt said this to Rassendyll.
b- Why was the speaker praising the addressed person?
♥ Because he killed one of Michael's men and injured another.
c-Did they see who he was?
♥ Yes, they did as one of Michael's men shouted, "It's the King."
Find and correct the mistake in the following sentences:
1- Rudolf Rassendyll told Rose he was going to go walking in the
West Indies.
2- The King invited Rassendyll to stay with his family in Strelsau.
3- The rich people who had always lived well would support the
Duke.
4- Sapt and Fritz believed that Rassendyll had poisoned the King.
5- Freyler was Sapt's farmer.
6- Rassendyll was worried when the French prince asked him a question
which he could not answer.
7- No one goes into the castle without Michael's or Sapt's
permission.
8- The letter from Antoinette tells the King to come to the summer
house with a friend.
9- The owner's wife at the inn thought that Rassendyll was the
King.
10- Of the Six Men, four of them were Ruritanians.
11- Max Holf is Johann's uncle.
12- Mr. Featherly from Paris believed Rudolf Rassendyll was
travelling with Flavia.
13- George Featherly took the same train as Rassendyll from
Paris to Ruritania.
14- Fritz’s brother was Lord Burlesdon.
15- Rassendyll had to go to Dresden and pretend to be the
King.
16- Rassendyll found the dead body of the King in the hunting
lodge cellar.
17- Fritz and Rassendyll rode to the palace to see Madame
Antoinette.
18- Rassendyll and Josef rode from Strelsau to the hunting
lodge to get the King.
19- The Duke spoke to Rassendyll through the summer house
door.

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20- Rassendyll asked Marshal Strelsau to protect Princess
Flavia from the Duke.
21- Detchard stabbed Rassendyll in the shoulder.
22- When the King was sick in his prison, Princess Flavia
helped to take care of him.
23- The King had seen the Princess with Sapt, and Rupert
Hentzau returned to Strelsau.
24- Max was helping the Duke, so he could not open the door
for Sapt and his men.
25- Krafstein was the worst of all Michael's men.
26- Antoinette was cruel enough to look after the King at the
castle of Zenda.
27- The only legal way for Michael to become King was to kill
Flavia.
28- If it hadn't been for Rassendyll, Rudolf Elphberg might have
died and Michael might have left Ruritania.
29- Rassendyll killed Max Holf because he was Johann's
brother.
30-King Rudolf Elphberg preferred Action to eating.
31-Though they looked almost identical, Rassendyll and Rudolf
Elphberg had the same personalities and skills.
32-The old castle and the mansion were joined by a moat.
33-Although Rose realized that Rassendyll looked like the King,
she believed it was not an excuse to accept the job.
34-Rassendyll would never remember the lesson he had learnt in
Ruritania.
35-The people of Ruritania knew what was really going on at the
castle of Zenda.
36-Rassendyll was lucky that Detchard did not have a knife when
they met at the castle.
37-To cover up his mistakes, Rassendyll pretended that he was ill.
38-Rassendyll managed to stop the poor people from talking about
the King.
39-Rassendyll was so angry when Rupert shook hand with him at
Tarlenheim.
40-Fritz was the only one of Michael's Six men who survived.

Model Answers

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1- Rudolf Rassendyll told Rose he was going to go walking in
the Alps.
2- The King invited Rassendyll to have dinner with him in the
hunting lodge.
3- The rich people who had always lived well would support
the King.
4- Sapt and Fritz believed that Duke Michael had poisoned the
King
5- Freyler was Sapt's servant.
6- Rassendyll was worried when the French ambassador asked him a
question which he could not answer.
7- No one goes into the castle without Michael's or Rupert's
permission.
8- The letter from Antoinette tells the King to come to the
summer house alone.
9- The owner's daughter at the inn thought that Rassendyll
was the King
10- Of the Six Men, three of them were Ruritanians
11- Max Holf is Johann's brother.
12- Mr. Featherly from Paris believed Rudolf Rassendyll was
travelling with Antoinette de Mauban.
13- Antoinette de Mauban took the same train as Rassendyll
from Paris to Ruritania
14- Rassendyll’s brother was Lord Burlesdon
15- Rassendyll had to go to Strelsau and pretend to be the
King.
16- Rassendyll found the dead body of Josef in the hunting
lodge cellar.
17- Fritz and Rassendyll rode to the palace to see Princess
Flavia.
18- Rassendyll and Sapt rode from Strelsau to the hunting lodge
to get the King.
19- Detchard spoke to Rassendyll through the summer house
door.
20- Rassendyll asked Marshal Strakencz to protect Princess
Flavia from the Duke.
21- Hentzau stabbed Rassendyll in the shoulder.
22- When the King was sick in his prison, Antoinette de
Mauban helped to take care of him.

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23- The King had seen the Princess with Sapt, and Marshal
Strakencz returned to Strelsau.
24- Johann was helping the Duke, so he could not open the
door for Sapt and his men.
25- Rupert Hentzau was the worst of all Michael's men.
26- Antoinette was kind enough to look after the King at the
castle of Zenda.
27- The only legal way for Michael to become King was to
marry Flavia.
28- If it hadn't been for Rassendyll, Rudolf Elphberg might have
died and Michael might have become the King of Ruritania.
29- Rassendyll killed Max Holf because it was war and Max
was working for the enemy.
30- King Rudolf Elphberg preferred eating to action.
31- Though they looked almost identical, Rassendyll and Rudolf
Elphberg didn't have the same personalities or skills.
32- The old castle and the mansion were joined by a
drawbridge.
33- Although Rose realized that Rassendyll looked like the King,
she believed it was not an excuse to refuse the job
34- Rassendyll would never forget the lesson he had learnt in
Ruritania
35- The people of Ruritania never knew what was really going
on at the castle of Zenda
36- Rassendyll was lucky that Detchard did not have a gun
when they met at the castle
37- To cover up his mistakes, Rassendyll pretended that he had
forgotten the rules and the people he had met.
38- Rassendyll managed to stop the poor people from thinking
badly about the King
39- Rassendyll was so angry when Rupert stabbed him with his
knife in the shoulder at Tarlenheim.
40- Rupert Hentzau was the only one of Michael's Six men who
survived

Good Luck

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