Practice 6 A

1) Rassendyll and his men could not wait any longer to try to save the King because.......

a. The King was ill and might die                     b. Rassendyll had to leave the country.

c. Sapt was going to kill him.                           d. Rupert would become King.

2) Rassendyll managed to listen to the King inside the Castle of Zenda when ….. .

a. He went to his room.                            b. He hid in the castle.

c. He pretended to be Johann.               d. He listened from the moat.

3) What happened to Rupert at the end?

a. Rassendyll killed him.                   b. Sapt captured him.

c. He escaped.                                 d. He became King.

4) Who did the people of Strelsau think had killed the Duke?

a. Rupert                  b. Rassendyll                        c. the King                      d. Sapt

B Answer TWO (2) of the following questions:

1) In your opinion, what is the moral of The Prisoner of Zenda?

I think the moral is that we should all think about our responsibilities and do our best to help other people. Rassendyll does this when he helps the King by taking his place. He also does his best to help all the people of Ruritania.

2) Why do you think Rupert wasn't killed like the other guards?

I think that Rupert wasn't killed because he surprised them all by jumping into the moat to swim away.

3) In what ways do you think the real King will rule differently after the end of the story?

He said that Rassendyll had shown him what a true King should be, so he will probably try to rule like Rassendyll, thinking of all the people of Ruritania. 

Practice 6 B

1) Who does Rassendyll hear talking when he swims round the castle moat?

a. the Duke and Johann                        b. the King and Detchard

c. Rupert and the King                          d. Max and Johann

2) Why is Antoinette de Mauban a prisoner in the Duke's mansion?

a. Because she wants to be Queen.                   b. Because she is a murder.

c. Because the Duke cannot trust her.       

d. Because she wants to marry Rassendyll

3) Who kills the Duke in a fight?

a. Antoinette de Mauban                 b. Rupert              c. Rassendyll                           d. the King

4) What does Rassendyll teach the real King?

a. what a real King should be                      b. how to trick people

c. how to find Rupert                                 d. how to fight

B Answer TWO (2) of the following questions:

1) Why do you think that Rassendyll told the Chief of Police to return in two weeks and not earlier than that? Rassendyll did not want the policeman to ask him difficult questions so he wants him to go away for two weeks.

2) What do we learn about Rupert when Rassendyll catches up with him on his horse?

 We learn that he does not like the Duke and that he would help Rassendyll if he could have a reward. He only works for himself.

3) Why do you think that Rassendyll didn't follow Rupert's plan?

He realised that Rupert was not a good man. He preferred to help the real King and his friends in Strelsau.