chapter six ( Questions & Answers )

Question 1

1- Why did Rassendyll, Sapt and Fritz decide to make a move against Michael?

Answer 1

• Because the King was imprisoned and they wanted to save him.

Question 2

2- Who did King Rassendyll trust to keep the future of Ruritania safe?

Answer 2

• He trusted Marshal Strakencz.

Question 3

3- When could Duke Michael legally become King?

Answer 3

• He could only legally become King if he married Princess Flavia.

Question 4

4- What must Marshal Strakencz promise King Rassendyll to do?

Answer 4

• He must promise to protect Princess Flavia from Duke Michael.

Question 5

5- What reason did Rassendyll give Princess Flavia for leaving Strelsau? What did he ask her to do if he didn’t come back?

Answer 5

• He told her he was going to hunt a big animal — Michael. He told her she must become Queen if he didn’t return.

Question 6

6- What did Rassendyll ask Flavia to do if he didn’t come back from Zenda?

Answer 6

• He asked her to become the Queen of Ruritania.

Question 7

7- Who accompanied اصطحب King Rassendyll to Zenda?

Answer 7

• Sapt, Fritz, a large party مجموعة of servants and ten brave and strong men that he trusted accompanied him to Zenda.

Question 8

8- What did Rassendyll tell his men about their mission?

Answer 8

• He told them that Michael tried to kill the King and that a good friend of the King’s was held prisoner in the Castle and it was their job to set him free.

Question 9

9- Where did Rassendyll and his men stay for their hunting trip? Where was it and who did it belong to?

Answer 9

• They stayed in a country house called Tarlenheim. It belonged to a relative of Fritz. It was on a hill تل on the opposite side of the town of Zenda from the castle.

Question 10

10- Who visited King Rassendyll at the country house of Tarlenheim?

Answer 10

• Three of Michael’s Six Men visited him.

Question 11

11- According to Sapt, who was the worst criminal of Michael’s Six Men?

Answer 11

• Rupert Hentzau was the worst criminal of them all

Question 12

12- What reason does Duke Michael give for not visiting “King” Rassendyll or inviting him to his castle?

Answer 12

• He says that he and some servants have a serious sickness.

Question 13

13- Why did Rassendyll and Fritz go to the inn at Zenda? Who did they talk to there and what did they say?

Answer 13

• They went to meet Johann. They talked to the innkeeper‘s daughter and asked her to have Johann meet them the next night.

Question 14

14- Who was Bernenstein?

Answer 14

• He was a trusted محل ثقة gentleman who helped to save the King.

Question 15

15- What happened to Bernenstein while Fritz and Rassendyll were out?

Answer 15

• He was shot in the arm while he was out in the woods.

Question 16

16- Rupert Hentzau told Rassendyll about Michael’s new offer to him. Illustrate.

Answer 16

• Michael offered Rassendyll a safe journey to the border and a million gold pieces.

Question 17

17- How was Rupert Hentzau able to trick يخدع Rudolf Rassendyll and injure him at Tarlenheim?

Answer 17

• He pretended that he wanted to shake hands with يصافح Rassendyll. He stepped خطأ nearer to بالقرب من Rassendyll and suddenly stabbed him ٛطعنه in the shoulder with his knife.

Question 18

18- What message did Rupert Hentzau bring the next day? How did Rassendyll reply? What happened when Rupert was leaving?

Answer 18

• The Duke offered Rassendyll a safe journey to the border and a million gold pieces. Rassendyll refused. As Rupert was leaving, he stabbed Rassendyll in the shoulder with a knife.

Question 19

19- What do they learn from Johann?

Answer 19

• They learn where the King is being kept in the castle and the Duke‘s plans.

Question 20

20- Why would Johann be in trouble if Michael’s plan to kill the King succeeded?

Answer 20

• He would be in trouble because he knew too much.

Question 21

21- How could Johann be very useful to Rassendyll?

Answer 21

• As Johann worked at the Castle of Zenda, he would make the perfect spy for Rassendyll.

Question 22

22- According to Johann, why did he work for Michael?

Answer 22

• He worked for Michael because he was afraid of him not because he liked him.

Question 23

23- Where was the King kept at the Castle of Zenda?

Answer 23

• The King was kept in chains in a room with a small window.

Question 24

24- What would happen if some people attacked the Castle?

Answer 24

• Detchard would kill the King and the body would be put down the pipe and the weight of his chains would keep the body under water.

Question 25

25- What was the plan if Michael’s men were attacked? How would they kill the King and what would they do with the body?

Answer 25

• They would kill the King and then put him into the pipe. The chains would keep the body under the water of the moat The guards could then go out the same pipe and swim across the moat to escape.

Question 26

26- What would happen if the Castle was attacked by a large group of soldiers?

Answer 26

• Michael’s men would kill the King and put him down the pipe leading to the moat. One of Michael’s men would take the King’s place. So, it would seem that Michael was keeping one of the Six Men as a prisoner because he had been rude to Antoinette de Mauban. No one would believe that the King was ever there.

Question 27

27- Why do they send Johann back to the castle?

Answer 27

• The Duke would look for him if he were missing. They also hope they can trust him and get more information from him.

Question 28

28- According to Rassendyll, there were two ways in which the King could come out of Zenda alive. Illustrate.

Answer 28

• One way was to have a miracle and the other way was if one of the Duke‘s men betrayed him.