chapter eight ( Questions & Answers ) Flashcards
1- Where did Rassendyll wait for it to be two o’clock?
- He waited by the drawbridge gate بوابة الجسر المتحرك next to the castle.
2- Why couldn’t Johann open the door for Sapt and his men as planned?
- He was helping the Duke in his fight with Rupert. He was also injured.
3- Rassendyll has asked Antoinette to cry for help at two o’clock. Why does she do it earlier?
- Because she is being attacked by Rupert. He wants to punish يعاقب her for writing to Rassendyll.
4- Why did Rupert strike his sword at Johann?
- Because he believed that Johann was Rassendyll’s spy.
5- Who killed the Duke?
- Rupert Hentzau killed the Duke.
6- How did Rassendyll get the keys to the King’s prison?
- He took them from De Gautet‘s clothes after he had killed him.
7- Why was it lucky that Detchard did not have gun?
- If Detchard had had a gun, he would have shot Rassendyll dead.
8- What did the doctor do to save the King’s life?
- He held Detchard for some time. He was too weak, so Detchard broke free and killed the doctor with his sword.
9- How did the king help Rassendyll in the fight against Detchard?
- He helped Rassendyll by pushing a chair into Detchard as he was fighting. This made him lose his balance and fall over the doctor‘s body. Then it was easy for Rassendyll to kill him.
10- How did the King get hurt?
- Detchard struck the King hard with his sword.
11- What would have happened if the King hadn’t helped Rassendyll? Why?
- Detchard would have killed Rassendyll because he was a much better swordsman than him.
12- What happened to Rassendyll before he killed Detchard?
- Detchard cut him on the arm.
13- Why did Rupert ride away instead of fighting Rassendyll?
- Because Fritz came with a gun and Rupert knew he couldn‘t fight both of them.
14- What did Rupert do when Antoinette pointed a gun at him?
- He quickly jumped into the water below the bridge.
15- How did Rupert manage to escape after he had killed Michael?
- He jumped out of the window down into the moat below and swam away.
16- How did Rupert get a horse to escape?
- He took a horse from a boy in order to escape.
17- Rassendyll would surely have been killed if it hadn’t been for Fritz. Explain.
- Rupert would have killed Rassendyll if Fritz hadn’t arrived on a horse carrying a gun. Rupert understood that he couldn’t fight both men, so he escaped.
18- Why did Duke Michael invite Antoinette de Mauban to Ruritania?
- He invited her to attend the coronation.
19- What did the Duke do when he found out that Antoinette had warned Rassendyll in Strelsau?
- He tricked her by inviting her and her servants to his castle. Once she was there, he didn’t let her leave in order to stop her telling anyone about his plan.
20- How could Antoinette continue to send letters to Rassendyll although she was locked in the castle?
- She could do that with the help of Johann who worked as a spy for Rassendyll.
21- What did Sapt ask Johann and Antoinette to do?
- He asked them to guard the secret about the real King. (He asked them not to tell anyone that the King was a prisoner in the castle).
22- What were Sapt’s men told about the King’s wound?
- They were told that the King was wounded while he was fighting to rescue his friend who was a prisoner in the castle.
23- What were the people of Strelsau told to justify the King’s injury and Michael’s death?
- They were told that the brave King had fought with his brother because he had kept a prisoner in Zenda who was a friend of the King. The Duke had tried to kill the King, who was injured, but the evil Duke had died.
24- How did the boy make a problem for Sapt, Fritz and Rassendyll?
- The boy ran out and said the King was behind the tree, but Strakencz and the Princess thought that the King was in the castle. Sapt had a problem to explain this.
25- Why did Sapt tell the Princess to come alone to see the King behind the tree?
- He asked the Princess to come alone because he didn‘t want Marshal Strakencz to know about Rassendyll.
26- Why did Sapt have the real King taken from his prison with his face covered?
- Sapt didn’t want his men or the servants to see who the prisoner really was.
27- What did Sapt’s men and the servants think happened to the King and to the prisoner?
- They thought that the King was wounded in the fight to rescue the prisoner, and that the prisoner went after Rupert Hentzau.
28- Who did the people of Strelsau think Rassendyll could be?
- They thought he could be an English friend of the King’s who heard about the Duke’s plans, so the Duke had locked him up to stop him from speaking to the King.
29- Why did Rassendyll wait in the forest until dark to go to the castle?
- Rassendyll waited until he could go into the castle under the cover of dark. He didn‘t want anyone to see him.
30- Why was the King very grateful to Rassendyll?
- Because he saved his life and taught him how to be a real King. He also helped to stop people thinking badly about the King.
31- Why was the Princess grateful to Rassendyll?
- She was grateful to him for all he had done for Ruritania and the King.
32- Why did Sapt tell the King that it wasn’t possible for Rassendyll to go back to Strelsau?
- Because that would cause problems as people would mistake him for the King since he looked exactly like the King.
33- Why did Rose feel very disappointed with Rassendyll?
- Because he had not written a book and he refused to work with Sir Jacob.
34- Why did Rassendyll refuse to work for Sir Jacob?
- Sir Jacob was going to be the ambassador to Ruritania and there would be problems as Rassendyll looked like the King.
35- How did Rassendyll realize at the end of the story that Rose was right about taking responsibilities?
- He understood that a person with a position in society has responsibilities and that even without a position in society; we all have a duty to help other people when we can and we all become better people for doing so.
36- What did Rassendyll learn from his adventures?
- He learnt responsibility, how to do the right thing.
