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While reading Chapter 5 easystarts Chapter 1 5 How do you know these sentences are true? 1 Answer these questions. Find the sentences in the book to support a Who is to be made an ambassador? these statements. ……………………………………………… a Rassendyll finds it difficult being king. level 2 b Who is travelling on the same train as ……………………………………………… Rassendyll? b Michael’s ‘Six’ are loyal to him. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… level 3 c Who speaks German and French, as well as c Rassendyll is glad he was shot in the hand. English? ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… d Rassendyll finds Flavia attractive. level 4 d Why does Rassendyll decide to stop at Zenda? ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… e Flavia recognizes a change in the king. e Which two people look surprised when they ……………………………………………… level 5 see Rassendyll? f The king is still alive. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… Chapter 2 Chapter 6 level 6 2 Who says these? To whom? What are they 6 Answer these questions. talking about? a Why does Sapt think the King is in the Castle a ‘Open it! It’s the very last one.’ of Zenda? Who: ……………. To whom: ……………. b Why doesn’t Rassendyll throw the letter What: ………………………………………. away? b ‘I’d give a thousand pounds to see Brother c What is Michael’s plan? Michael’s face when he sees a pair of us!’ d How does Rassendyll escape from the Who: ……………. To whom: ……………. summer house? What: ………………………………………. c ‘Then we are all brothers of the sword.’ Chapter 7 Who: ……………. To whom: ……………. 7 Who says these? Who is meant by the word What: ………………………………………. in italics? a ‘You must offer her marriage when you speak Chapter 3 to her tonight.’ 3 Finish these sentences. Who: ………………. her: ………………. a Marshal Strakencz is ………………………. . b ‘Whatever you were, I should love you just the b Sapt ties Johann’s mother up with a cloth in same.’ her mouth because ………………………… . Who: ………………. you: ………………. c The guards close round Rassendyll as they c ‘Unless you want me to become a criminal as enter the Old Town because ………………. . well, let us go to Zenda and crush him.’ d Josef is left to ……………………………… . e Sapt tells Rassendyll about the King’s life while Who: ………………. him: ………………. ………………………………………. . d ‘I won’t share in any plan to make a fool of her.’ f The Duke of Strelsau meets Rassendyll Who: ………………. her: ………………. …………………………………………….. . e ‘I love you more than life – or truth – or honour!’ Chapter 4 Who: ………………. you: ………………. 4 Answer these questions. a What happens after the coronation? Chapter 8 b What happens where the road divides? 8 Put these events in order, 1–5. c What has happened at the lodge? a c Rassendyll takes Fritz to dine at the small d What does Sapt persuade Rassendyll to do? hotel he stayed at on his first night in Why? Ruritania.

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The Prisoner of Zenda Photocopiable

b c Duke Michael offers Rassendyll one d c The king is cut down by Detchard. easystarts hundred thousand pounds to leave the e c Antoinette calls for help. country. f c The doctor dies. c c Rassendyll meets Rupert Hentzau for the g c Rupert arrives on the drawbridge. first time. h c Rupert leaps from the window into the level 2 d c Johann falls into the trap. moat. c Rassendyll is wounded. e Chapter 12 level 3 Chapter 9 12 Answer these questions. 9 Find the mistakes and correct them. a Who shoots at Rupert? a Rassendyll kills the man who guards the room ……………………………………………… level 4 where the King is prisoner. b Who is ‘graceful but without honour’? ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… b Rupert escapes on his horse into the forest. c Why does Rupert come back to the castle? ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… level 5 c Princess Flavia travels to Zenda because the d Why is Rupert able to run faster than leading doctors are not allowed to look after Rassendyll? the wounded King. ……………………………………………… level 6 ……………………………………………… e Who jumps into the moat? d The Chief of the Strelsau Police thinks that ……………………………………………… Rassendyll may have left the country. Chapter 13 ……………………………………………… 13 Find the sentences in the book that have the Chapter 10 same meaning. Who says them? To whom? 10 Match the two parts of the sentences. a ‘The people must not know.’ a Rupert makes a proposal to Rassendyll ….. ……………………………………………… b The king is the only person not to know Who: ……………. To whom: ……………. that ….. b ‘You will always be the only one I love.’ c Michael locks Antoinette de Mauban in her ……………………………………………… room because ….. Who: ……………. To whom: ……………. d Rassendyll and his men decide to try to free c ‘If love were the most important thing, the king because ….. I would not stay.’ e If Rassendyll’s plan does not work, Marshal ……………………………………………… Strakencz must announce that ….. Who: ……………. To whom: ……………. f Rassendyll does not think ….. d ‘The person who is best suited to the job 1) his plan will succeed. doesn’t always get it.’ 2) Flavia is Queen. ……………………………………………… 3) he is very sick. Who: ……………. To whom: ……………. he doesn’t want Rupert to get into the 4) After reading room. 14 What do you think will happen to Flavia and he is engaged to be married to Flavia. 5) Rassendyll after he left the country? Choose a on the day of Lauengram’s funeral. 6) or b, and write a letter. Chapter 11 a You are Rassendyll. You write to Flavia to tell 11 Put these sentences in order, 1–8. her how you are doing in England. You miss a c Rassendyll kills de Gautet and Bersonin. her. b c Rassendyll fights Detchard. b You are Flavia. You write to Rassendyll to tell c c Rassendyll watches Rupert swim across him you are unhappy with the King. You miss the moat and into the castle. him.

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1 Match the name with the description or action. d Why didn’t anyone say anything about Rassendyll’s easystarts a Rudolf Rassendyll ….. handwriting? ….. b Rudolf the Fifth ….. 1) Because people were afraid of him. c Flavia ….. 2) Because he didn’t have to write anything. d Colonel Sapt ….. 3) Because his finger was wounded. level 2 e Fritz ….. e Who does Antoinette de Mauban love? ….. f Duke Michael ….. 1) Rudolf Rassendyll. g Marshal Strakencz ….. 2) Duke Michael. level 3 h Antoinette de Mauban ….. 3) Rupert Hentzau. i Rupert Hentzau ….. 4 Complete the sentences with the words from the j Detchard ….. box. level 4 1) This person is the prisoner of Zenda. 2) This person is an Englishman, who looks like ambassador bowed carriage coronation the new King of Ruritania. determined drawbridge earnest moat level 5 3) This person is an Englishman, who works for procession revolver Duke Michael. a The date of the ……………… had been suddenly 4) This person thinks Rassendyll is rather like him. brought forward. level 6 5) This person falls in love with Rassendyll. b The old and the new parts of the castle were 6) This person falls in love with Countess Helga. joined by a ……………… . 7) This person is Duke Michael’s mistress. c Flavia thought the King seemed much more 8) This person protects Flavia while ‘the King’ is ……………… on the coronation day. away hunting ‘the wild pig’. d The Chief of the Strelsau Police came to Zenda at 9) This person gets killed by Rupert Hentzau. the request of the British ……………… . 10) This person interrupts Rassendyll when he e Rassendyll saw a ……………… coming from the tries to tell the truth. Castle of Zenda. f First came two servants on horseback, then a 2 Put these events in order, 1–6. funeral ……………… and, behind it, a man in a c Rassendyll meets the King in the forest. plain black clothes. b c Rassendyll meets Flavia in the forest. g Rassendyll was ……………… to bring the King c c Rassendyll meets Antoinette de Mauban at the back. summerhouse. h Detchard was not wearing his ……………… d c Rupert Hentzau kisses Antoinette de Mauban. when Rassendyll came to rescue the King. e c Rassendyll kills Detchard. i Rupert Hentzau jumped over the bridge into f c Rassendyll gives Flavia a ring. the ……………… when Antoinette de Mauban 3 Choose the right answer. started to shoot him. a Why did Rassendyll want to visit Ruritania? ….. j Hentzau ……………… to Rassendyll and rode off 1) To visit his friends there. at full speed. 2) To see the coronation. 5 Circle the right words in italics. 3) To become a king. a ‘The Path to Heaven’ is a ladder / pipe. b Who has black hair? ….. b On the night of the first attempt to save the King, it 1) Rudolf. was dark and stormy / fine and clear. 2) Flavia. c Rassendyll gave Flavia a wedding / family ring. 3) Michael. d After Rassendyll goes back to England, he meets c How many of Michael’s famous Six were guarding Flavia / Fritz in a small town near the Ruritanian the prisoner of Zenda? ….. border once a year. 1) Two. e Rassendyll still exercises himself with sword / 2) Three. revolver as he might meet Rupert again. 3) Four.