chapter five ( Questions & Answers )

Question 1

1- Why did Princess Flavia advise King Rassendyll to be careful at the end of his visit to her?

Answer 1

Because she knew that the King was in danger فى خطر because Duke Michael wanted to take the crown التاج. Michael might try to kill the King.

Question 2

2- What had Rassendyll always wanted in life?

Answer 2

He had always wanted to have a quiet life.

Question 4

4- Why did Rudolf Rassendyll sometimes make big mistakes as a King?

Answer 4

Because he wasn’t the real King. He was just pretending to be the King. He didn’t know the rules.

Question 5

5- How would Rassendyll’s growing popularity شعبية متزايدة with the people of Ruritania help him?

Answer 5

His growing popularity would make people forgive his occasional bad decisions.

Question 6

6- Rassendyll has never liked responsibilities. Now he has many. What responsibilities does he have?

Answer 6

He has to act يتصرف like the King. He has to run يدير the country. He has to try to rescue ينقذ the real King from Michael. He has to meet very important people and hold important meetings. He has to sign يوقع على very important document وثائق. He has to care about the poor people in his country

Question 7

7- Why does Rassendyll become good at pretending he has forgotten rules or people he has met?

Answer 7

When he makes a mistake in pretending to be the King, he has to cover it up by pretending that he has forgotten something or someone.

Question 8

8- Why was the drawbridge at the Castle nearly always kept up?

Answer 8

The drawbridge at the castle was nearly always kept up to prevent anyone from entering the Castle.

Question 9

9- Who were the only two people who can give permission to anyone to go into the building?

Answer 9

They were Duke Michael and Rupert Hentzau.

Question 10

10- What does Sapt mean when he says “You’ll probably stay there forever if you do”?

Answer 10

He means that Rassendyll will either be imprisoned in Zenda or killed there if he goes.

Question 11

11- Why does Sapt have Rassendyll followed everywhere? What does he mean by “If you disappear, the game’s over”?

Answer 11

He has him followed to protect him from Michael‘s men. If they can kill or kidnap Rassendyll, they will kill the real King and make Michael the King. Rassendyll‘s game of pretending to be King would be over.

Question 12

12- What did Sapt do to protect Rassendyll from Michael and his men?

Answer 12

He ordered six men to follow him wherever he went in the capital.

Question 13

13- According to Sapt, what would happen if Rassendyll was killed?

Answer 13

The game would be over. That meant that Michael would also kill the King and take the crown.

Question 14

14- Who writes a letter to Rassendyll and what does it say? Who does he suspect يشك really wrote it?

Answer 14

Antoinette de Mauban writes a letter. It tells him to come to a certain place in a summer house in a garden late at night. He suspects that Michael wrote the letter.

Question 15

15- What did Antoinette de Mauban ask Rassendyll to do in her letter?

Answer 15

She asked him to come to the summer house because she wanted to tell him something very important about his life.

Question 16

16- Why didn’t Colonel Sapt want Rassendyll to go to the summer house?

Answer 16

He thought that the letter Rassendyll received from Antoinette de Mauban was actually written by Michael and that there was a trap مصيدة to kill Rassendyll.

Question 17

17- Why did Rassendyll insist يصر علي on going to the summer house to meet Antoinette de Mauban?

Answer 17

He believed that she had information about Michael. He thought that every day they left the King imprisoned محبوس there was more danger.

Question 18

18- What was Duke Michael’s plan to trap and kill Rassendyll?

Answer 18

He ordered Antoinette de Mauban to write a letter to Rassendyll asking him to meet her at the summer house. Michael planned to send three of his men to kill Rassendyll there.

Question 19

19- If Michael’s plan to kill Rassendyll at the summer house succeeded, what would he do after that?

Answer 19

Rassendyll’s body would be taken into the old town. Sapt and Fritz would be arrested for murdering Rassendyll. Then, Michael would send a message to Zenda and the real King would be killed too. Finally, the Duke would become the King.

Question 20

20- According to Antoinette de Mauban, why did she want to help Rassendyll?

Answer 20

She said she didn’t like to see people being killed.

Question 21

21- When Rassendyll talked to Detchard at the summer house, what did Detchard offer him in order to leave Ruritania?

Answer 21

He offered to give him 50,000 English pounds and a safe journey to the border.

Question 22

22- Why didn’t Rassendyll accept the offer made by Detchard?

Answer 22

Because he didn’t trust them at all. He knew it was a trap to kill him.

Question 24

24- How did Rassendyll come out of the summer house alive?

Answer 24

He held the iron table in front of him to protect him and he rushed out of the door and knocked the three men down. He ran quickly away.

Question 25

25- What did the report of the police chief say?

Answer 25

It said that Duke Michael left the capital to Zenda followed by three of his Six Men. The report also said that people believed that if the King and Princess Flavia didn’t marry soon, it would be better if the princess married Duke Michael.

Question 26

26- Why did Detchard have a bandage around his arm?

Answer 26

He was shot during the fight with Rassendyll at the summer house the night before.

Question 27

27- Why have they prepared a ball for the Princess?

Answer 27

They want to make the people happy and make them think that the King wants to marry the Princess. They want Rassendyll to ask the Princess to marry him.

Question 28

28- Why did Rassendyll think it wouldn’t be fair for Princess Flavia if he asked her to marry him?

Answer 28

Because he wasn’t the real King.

Question 29

29- What mistake did Rudolf Rassendyll make while he was talking with Princess Flavia after the ball? Why was it a mistake?

Answer 29

He made a mistake when he said that when he was young, he didn’t need to worry about society and that he thought that was someone else’s job. Flavia was very surprised as she thought he was the real King and he should have always known that he would become King.

Question 30

30- Why did Rassendyll want to tell Princess Flavia the truth about himself?

Answer 30

Flavia was Kind and clever and she was going to marry the King. She should know what happened to her future husband and should know about Rassendyll’s game.

Question 31

31- What happened when Rassendyll was about to tell Flavia the truth about himself?

Answer 31

He heard footsteps outside the room. He saw Colonel Sapt who appeared suddenly and told Rassendyll that someone wanted to see him.

Question 32

32- Why did Rassendyll realise that his game (pretending to be the King) had gone too far to go back?

Answer 32

Because he couldn’t tell anyone who he really was or they would think he was mad. In addition, he wanted to save the King.

Question 33

33- Why did Rassendyll think that pretending to be the King was unfair?

Answer 33

Rassendyll didn’t believe he was doing the right thing. He thought that he had deceived the people of Ruritania and Princess Flavia.

Question 34

34- The day after the ball, the Princess received two letters. What were they and who were they from?

Answer 34

One was an invitation from Michael for her to visit him in Zenda. The other was a warning not to accept any invitations from Michael and not to go anywhere without many guards. It was from Antoinette de Mauban.

Question 35

35- What did Antoinette de Mauban warn Flavia not to do in her letter to her?

Answer 35

She warned her not to accept any invitation from Duke Michael and not to go anywhere without many guards.

Question 36

36- Who did Rassendyll think would be the best guard for Princess Flavia? Why?

Answer 36

Marshal Strakencz would be the best guard for Princess Flavia because Rassendyll trusted him.

Question 37

37- What did Rassendyll ask Marshal Strakencz to do to protect Princes Flavia?

Answer 37

He asked him to guard her and not to allow any of the Duke’s men to visit her. He also told him about the Duke’s ambition.

Question 38

38- What would Marshal Strakencz do if he didn’t get a message for three days from Rassendyll?

Answer 38

He would have the authority السلطة to be the head of Strelsau. He had to ask the Duke to allow him to see the King. If he didn’t see the King in twenty-four hours, he had to say that the King was dead dead. Then he had to tell the people of Ruritania that their new ruler would be Princess Flavia.