Practice 4 A

1) How did Sapt know that the King was at the Castle of Zenda?

a. Because the King wrote to him.

b. The drawbridge to the castle was always up

c. The Six Men told him.                                d. He saw him there.

2) Why did Antoinette de Mauban write the letter to Rassendyll?

a. She wanted to help Rassendyll only.               b. She didn't want to help the King.

c. She wanted Rassendyll to kill Michael                 d. Michael asked her to write it. 

3) Antoinette de Mauban tells Rassendyll ........ .

a. Michael's plan to becoming King                 b. why she liked Michael

c. Why she liked the summer house                     d. how to escape from Ruritania

4) Rassendyll wants Princess Flavia to be the new ruler of Ruritania if anything happens to the King because ....... .

a. he thought that she would be a good ruler                                   b. he wanted to marry her

c. he thought that she is better than the King

d. this would stop Michael from becoming King

B Answer TWO (2) of the following questions:

1) In what way does Rassendyll realise that he can’t have a quiet life any more?

He realises that he now has many responsibilities for the people of Ruritania

2) Why do you think that Rassendyll wants to tell Princess Flavia that he is not the real King?

Rassendyll knows that Princess Flavia's future husband is the real King. He thinks that she should know what has happened to him.

3) Do you think Rassendyll was fair and just? Why?

I think that Rassendyll was fair and just because he didn't want to trick Princess Flavia and ask her to marry him.

Practice 4 B

1) What did Rassendyll think helped people to forgive his mistakes in Strelsau?

a. He was growing in popularity.                 b. He was good at pretending.

c. He forgot all the rules.                             d. They knew that he was not the King.

2) Why were three of the Six Men at the Castle of Zenda?

a. They were looking for the Duke.                   b. They were guarding the King.

c. They were looking for Rassendyll.                   d. They were repairing the drawbridge.

3) Antoinette de Mauban was no longer staying with Michael as his guest because......

a. they were now married                     b. she wanted to leave Ruritania

c. they had had a big argument                      d. she was trying to catch Rassendyll

4) What did Rassendyll use to escape from the summer house?

a. a ladder            b. a metal table              c. a chair              d. fifty thousand English pounds

B Answer TWO (2) of the following questions:

1) Why do you think that Sapt is worried about Rassendyll now that he is King?

Sapt is worried because he thinks that Rassendyll does not want Sapt's men to follow him and says that he will visit Antoinette de Mauban alone.

2) What do you think might have happened if Antoinette had plotted against Rassendyll?

If she had plotted against Rassendyll, she would not have told him how to find the ladder so he wouldn't have been able to get out of the garden. This would have been dangerous. She also wouldn't have told him about the King

3) Why do you think that Sapt stopped Rassendyll telling Princess Flavia who he really was?

I think Sapt stopped Rassendyll because Sapt's plan is working. Sapt does not want