LEVEL 5 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme The Prisoner of Zenda Book key 11 Open answers EASYSTARTS 1 a coronation, crown, majesty, throne 12 a thinking that he is the King. b army: colonel, marshal; government: ambassador, b Rudolf has a wounded finger. chancellor c being guarded by three of Duke Michael’s men. c a castle d Mr Detchard, the Englishman. LEVEL 2 2 a T b F c T d T e T e she does not want the Duke to become King. 3 a ✓ b ✓ c ✗ d ✓ e ✗ f a tea table. 13 Michael wants three of his famous Six to kill Rudolf in LEVEL 3 4 a It has been brought forward by two days. b Instead of watching the coronation, he will be the summerhouse. Sapt and Fritz will then be taken, crowned King. and the city put under the control of the army, before c Instead of being crowned King, he will be a a message is sent to the other three of the Six to LEVEL 4 prisoner in Zenda. kill the King. Michael will then make himself King and d Instead of succeeding in becoming king, he will marry the Princess. Madame de Mauban wants to watch Rudolf Rassendyll be crowned. marry Michael herself. LEVEL 5 5 a Madame de Mauban wants to marry the Duke of 14–15 Open answers Strelsau. 16 a YES b NO c NO d YES e NO f YES b The Duke of Strelsau and Rudolf the Fifth are g YES h YES i YES j NO k YES LEVEL 6 brothers. 17–18 Open answers c Colonel Sapt and Fritz von Tarlenheim have 19 a 3 b 5 c 1 d 4 e 2 responsibility for the King. 20 a T b T c T d T e F d Princess Flavia and Rudolf the Fifth are expected to 21–24 Open answers become husband and wife. 25 a Michael 6 Open answers b Rupert 7 a 3 b 7 c 5 d 1 e 4 f 8 g 6 h 2 c Rudolf 8 a Michael d the King b Rudolf e Sapt, Rudolf c Max Holf, the Duke 26 a Rudolf is talking about the King’s ring. He has tried d Josef to behave as a king should. e Michael’s men b the King 9 a Sapt says this to Rudolf when he explains that they c Rudolf will leave Zenda to avoid Michael’s guard. When d Flavia is saying that she must marry the King, as the guard arrives, nobody will be there. everyone believes that she is going to do. It is b Rudolf, pretending to be the King, is talking to important for her own sense of honour and for Princess Flavia about Michael’s desire to have the her country. throne and the Princess. e Fritz c Sapt is explaining to Rudolf why Rudolf must return f Rose is talking about Strelsau, where Sir Jacob to Strelsau and why the Duke can not tell anybody Borrodaile is going to be the next British that Rudolf is not the King. ambassador. Rudolf could, if he wanted to, go with d Sapt says this to Rudolf after the two men have Sir Jacob. murdered some of the Duke’s horsemen. He g Rudolf means that Josef is not the only dead man now. h Robert is looking at a picture of his brother – who 10 If Rudolf does not go back to Strelsau, Black Michael he thinks is the real King – being crowned King of will tell the people that the King was too drunk to go Ruritania. to his coronation and has sent a servant to take his 27–39 Open answers place. Rudolf is attracted to the danger of Sapt’s plan and agrees to it. pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 The Prisoner of Zenda - Answer keys 1 of 4 LEVEL 5 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme The Prisoner of Zenda Discussion activities key 10 Good points: EASYSTARTS 1 Possible answers: People can see the King very well. • Perhaps this is an adventure story. ‘Setting a Trap’ The King can hear what people are saying. and ‘A Dangerous Plan’ sound adventurous. The King might become more popular by this. • I think it’s a love story as I can see the word ‘love’ Bad points: LEVEL 2 in one of the chapter headings. Someone might attack the King. • This might be a mystery. The words like ‘secret’ The King might get hurt easily. 11 Open answers LEVEL 3 and ‘trap’ made me think so. Also the second last chapter says ‘Face to Face in the Forest’ sounds like 12 Possible answers: you can solve the mystery at the end. • Perhaps someone came to the cellar to kidnap the 2 a Rupert of Hentzau King. LEVEL 4 b He was a lawyer. • I think someone was trying to kill the King. c Seven years. • The King woke up but cannot remember anything. d He was 70 years old. 13 Possible answers: LEVEL 5 e It’s about the love life of the younger sister of a • Perhaps they will fight each other in the future. previous king of Ruritania, Rudolf III. • Maybe Rassendyll will kill him. f For the work he did at the Ministry of Information • He might hurt Rassendyll badly. LEVEL 6 during World War I. • He might become Rassendyll’s servant. 3 • He’s 29 years old. 14 Open answers • He has a good social position. 15 Possible answers: • He has enough money. • Perhaps he makes a terrible mistake. • He doesn’t work. • It must be hard to remember all the rules and • He likes travelling. people’s names. • He can speak German and French as well as • I think it’s enjoyable to be treated as king. English. • I think decision making is the most difficult part. • He’s a good swordsman. 16 They like each other. • He can ride any kind of a horse. The sentences to support this: • He’s calm and sensible. ‘It was a difficult part for me to play.’ • He has got red hair. ‘She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen.’ 4 Possible answers: ‘She reddened.’ • I would travel around the world. ‘ “And to your cousin,” she whispered.’ • I would like to write a novel. 17 See 18 • I would have a nice holiday on a tropical island. 18 1 Lauengram Ruritanian • I would study something new. 2 Krafstein Ruritanian 5 Perhaps he means that a person like him should enjoy 3 Rupert Ruritanian the opportunities when they arise. Hentzau 6 Possible answers: 4 de Gautet Frenchman • The castle has high walls and towers. a tall thin man with a big • There’s a moat around the castle, and it’s filled with moustache water. 5 Bersonin Belgian • The drawbridge is the only way to get into the rather fat, middle height, no hair castle. 6 Detchard Englishman 7–9 Open answers a narrow-faced man, with close- cut fair hair and a sunburnt face pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 The Prisoner of Zenda - Answer keys 2 of 4 LEVEL 5 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme The Prisoner of Zenda 19 • Because she doesn’t want Duke Michael to marry 2 a Who: The King, To whom: Josef, What: Asking him EASYSTARTS Flavia. to open the bottle of wine that Michael has sent • Rassendyll is honourable. He believed in Antoinette him. de Mauban. He fought bravely. Also, he did not fire b Who: The King, To whom: Fritz, What: He realizes until the enemies did as he promised. that he and Rassendyll look alike. LEVEL 2 20 Possible answers: c Who: Fritz, To whom: Rassendyll, What: He learns • When I read Chapter 1, I thought Rassendyll was a that Rassendyll was once an officer in Queen careless, easygoing, rich man who was not serious. Victoria’s army. LEVEL 3 • Now I think he is more earnest, honourable and 3 a the chief of the Ruritanian Army. reliable. b he thought she had listened to their plans. 21–23 Open answers c the people here are loyal to Duke Michael. LEVEL 4 24 Possible answers: d guard the King in the cellar. I don’t want to be famous. People will look at you e their journey to Strelsau. wherever you go. You cannot have a private life. f at the church. LEVEL 5 25 Open answers 4 a Sapt and Rassendyll ride back to the lodge where 26 Perhaps he needed some money. they left the king. Perhaps he didn’t like his master Duke Michael. b Sapt and Rassendyll hide from two riders – the LEVEL 6 He knew that Michael would dismiss him when he Duke and Johann’s brother – who go to the castle. finishes his business with the King. c The old woman and the King have gone, and Josef 27–30 Open answers has been killed. 31 They are both non-Ruritanian. d To return to Strelsau as a King to stop Michael Neither wants Duke Michael to become the king of taking the city. Ruritania. 5 a It seemed to me that if a real king’s life is a hard 32–35 Open answers one an acting king’s is much harder. 36 Possible answers: b Anyone of them would cut a throat if Michael • Perhaps he is dead. ordered it. • I think he is badly wounded, but he isn’t dead c My wounded finger came in very useful, as it because it doesn’t clearly say ‘he fell down dead.’ removed all doubts about my writing.