chapter three ( Questions & Answers )

Question 1

1- What order أمر did Marshal Strakencz give to his men? What was Rassendyll’s opinion رأى of that?

Answer 1

He gave an order to his men to change route الطريق and enter the poor part of the town. He thought that perhaps the Marshal was testing يختبر him.

Question 2

2- What kind نوع of people lived in the old part of the city?

Answer 2

The people in the old part were poor and many of them were loyal to Duke Michael.

Question 3

3- Why did Rudolf Rassendyll want to ride on his own بمفردهthrough the poor area منطقة of Strelsau?

Answer 3

He wanted the people who lived there to see that their King trusted them يثق بهم .

Question 4

4- Why were the poor people in the old town happy to see the King (Rudolf Rassendyll)?

Answer 4

They hadn’t seen him before. They felt the he trusted them and cared about them.

Question 5

5- Why was Sapt so anxious قلق about Rassendyll‟s decision قرار to ride alone through the old town?

Answer 5

He knew that the people in the old town supported the Duke and he was afraid that Rassendyll would be hurt ٠ يصاب بأذى or attacked يتم الهجوم there.

Question 6

6- What was the poor people‟s reaction رد فعل when they saw Rudolf Rassendyll?

Answer 6

Some of them were cheering يحيى and smiling but others were quiet and looked at him angrily.

Question 7

7- What made the king (Rudolf Rassendyll) think that Duke Michael was popular محبوب in the old town?

Answer 7

Rassendyll saw many paintings of the Duke in their windows and he knew what they thought of him.

Question 8

8- What could Rudolf Rassendyll remember of the coronation later on?

Answer 8

He could remember the golden crown تاج which was put on his head. He could also remember the promises ٚوعود he was asked to read out and the beautiful music that played when someone announced أعلن that Rudolf the Fifth became King of Ruritania.

Question 9

9- Who was Princess Flavia?

Answer 9

She was a royal ملكى cousin to Rudolf Elphberg and She was engaged to him.

Question 10

10- What was Duke Michael‟s reaction رد فعل when he saw Rudolf Rassendyll before the coronation?

Answer 10

His face became white أصبح شاحب الوجه .

Question 11

11- Why did Duke Michael‟s face turn white أصبح شاحبا when he saw “the King” (Rassendyll)?

Answer 11

He thought that the King was still in Zenda because he had poisoned him بسممه , so he was surprised to see the King there at the coronation.

Question 12

12- What did Rassendyll do after the coronation التتويج ?

Answer 12

He stood in the palace for an hour greeting يحيى many ambassadors السفراء and important people who came to see him.

Question 13

13- Why did Rudolf Rassendyll feel worried when he saw a man he knew from England?

Answer 13

He felt worried because he didn‘t want anyone to recognize him يتعرف عليه .

Question 14

14- What did Princess Flavia think about Rudolf Rassendyll ride through the old town alone?

Answer 14

She thought the people there must have appreciated يقدر what Rassendyll had done.

Question 15

15- According to حسب رأى Flavia, how did the King (Rudolf Rassendyll) look different on the day of coronation?

Answer 15

She thought he looked more tired and serious جاد.

Question 16

16- Why was Fritz against the idea that the King (Rassendyll) should become popular with محبوب من the poor people?

Answer 16

Because Duke Michael wouldn‘t like it.

Question 17

17- Why did Rassendyll and Sapt need a permit تصريح to leave the city?

Answer 17

Michael controlled يسيطر على the city and he had had news from Zenda, so he wouldn‘t want people to leave the city.

Question 18

18- How did Rassendyll and Sapt get a permit from the King to leave the city?

Answer 18

Sapt could write like the King and he signed ٚوقع على the paper.

Question 19

19- What did Fritz do while Sapt and Rassendyll went to Zenda?

Answer 19

He stayed and guarded كان يحرس the bedroom. He must not let يسمح anyone inside the room.

Question 20

20- How did Sapt and Rassendyll get out of the palace?

Answer 20

They went through a secret passage ممر سرى in the wall and out of a secret back door.

Question 21

21- What did Rudolf Rassendyll do so as not to be recognized while he was going with Sapt to bring the King back?

Answer 21

His coat and hat covered his face and hair and he tried to stay low on the horse.

Question 22

22- What did Colonel Sapt do to persuade يقنع the guard’s daughter at the gate to give him the key?

Answer 22

He gave her a form ٚوثيقة from the King to give to her father and gave her a coin.

Question 23

23- Why was nearly تقريبا everyone in Strelsau in the streets?

Answer 23

Everyone in Strelsau was in the streets to celebrate يحتفل the coronation التتويج

Question 24

24- Why could Sapt and Rassendyll hear the people coming behind them?

Answer 24

Because the wind was blowing تهب towards them.

Question 25

25- Why did Colonel Sapt get off his horse and put his ear to the ground?

Answer 25

He wanted to make sure if there was anyone coming behind them.

Question 26

26- Who else was riding to Zenda other than Sapt and Rassendyll?

Answer 26

Duke Michael and his servant Max Holf were riding to Zenda.

Question 27

27- Why didn’t Colonel Sapt shoo يطلق النار على Duke Michael when he saw him in the forest with Max Holf?

Answer 27

He realized أدرك that it wouldn‘t have helped the King at that moment.

Question 28

28- What do you think the message رسالة “all is well” means تغنى ?

Answer 28

It means that the King was kidnapped تم اختطافه from the hunting lodge and locked in the castle of Zenda.

Question 29

29- What did Sapt and Rudolf find when they reached the hunting lodge?

Answer 29

They found that it was dark and quiet and no one came out to meet them. The King was kidnapped تم اختطافه and Josef was killed.

Question 30

30- Who kidnapped خطف King Rudolf the Fifth? Why?

Answer 30

Duke Michael kidnapped him because he wanted to take the crown التاج and be the king.

Question 31

31- Why does Rudolf Rassendyll suggest collecting every soldier in Strelsau?

Answer 31

To catch Duke Michael before he kills the King.

Question 32

32- Why didn’t Rudolf Rassendyll leave Ruritania on the same day of the coronation التتويج as planned كما هو مخطط?

Answer 32

Because the King had been kidnapped تم اختطافه by Duke Michael’s men, so Rudolf Rassendyll agreed to go back to Strelsau and continue to pretend يتظاهر to be the King so that Michael wouldn’t take the crown.

Question 33

33- What did Sapt ask Rassendyll to do after they discovered that the King had been kidnapped تم اختطافه?

Answer 33

He asked him to continue to pretend يتظاهر to be the King as he had another plan to save the King.