The Prisoner Of Zenda

English Practitioners

Student: Khalin Xigmena Viera Ortz
Teacher: Paul Hollweg
Level: Intermediate II
Delivery date: 09.12.2011

Santa Cruz – Bolivia

The Prizoner of Zenda
ACTIVITIES
Before Reading
1. Read the story introduction on th first page of the book, and the back cover. What do you know now about Rudolf Rassendyll? Answer these questions about him.

Who does RudolfRassendyll…

* Look like?
Rudolf apparently looked like a royal gentleman who had the talent enough so to be king.
* Make friends with?
Captain befriends Sapt and Fritz von Tarleheim.
* Try to rescue?
He and his new friends try to rescue the prisoner of Zenda Castle
* Fight against?
Fight against the enemies of the king, the Black Duke Michael and Rupert of Hentzau.
* Fallin love with?
Fall in love with the cousin of the King.

2. How much can you guess about this story? Choose words to complete this passage.

The story happens in Ruritania, which is/ in not a real place, and in both an adventure/ animal story and crime/ love story. There will be a lot of ghosts/ fighting in the Castle of Zenda, and in the end the King’s enemies / friends will rescue /killhim. The story will end happily sadly for the King, but happily/ sadly for Rudolf Rassendyll.

3. On the back cover of the book are these two questions. Can you guess the answers?

* Who will rescue the King from his enemies?
Sapt and Captain Fritz von Tarleheim
* Who will win the heart of the beatiful Princess Flavia?
Rudolf Rassendyll

While Reading

Read Chapters 1 to 3.Who were these sentences said or written about?

1. I know he can’t do much about his hair, or his nose.
Rosa was the wife of his brother, who made that comment.
2. The boy grew into a man with blue, eyes, a long straight nose, and dark red hair.
This phrase points out the change that was suffering Rudolf, becomes a character with traits of nobility.
3. She’s travelling on the sametrain as you, but don’t fall in love with her.
It was Beltran who made the comment when he saw the beautiful princess off the train as his friend, who incidentally never knew you had a beautiful traveling companion.
4. He’s only the second son and will never be king himself.
It refers to Rudolf.
5. Friends who want the same place and the same wife.
Colonel Sapt persuades Rassendyll toimpersonate the King so that the coronation can take place; there he meets the King’s betrothed, Princess Flavia
6. Good havens! He looks just like the King!
The paradise to which it refers is the forest where it was Rudolf who had the accident on the horse and left unconscious. A short while we find two soldiers who mistook him for king.
7. We’ve been trying to wake him for half anhour, but he’s sleeping like a dead man.
They are referring to soldiers who esncuentra Rudolf unconscious state.
8. God save them both.
It refers to the real soldiers found Rudolf and mistook him for the King.
Read Chapters 4 to 6. Choose the best questions-word for these questions, and then answer them.
How/ What/ When / Where/ Who / Whose / Why.
1. What faces did Rudolf remember fromthe coronation?
2. How did Rudolf and Sapt discover on their return to Zenda?
3. How did they go after the fight with the Duke’s men?
4. Who were the Six?
5. How did Rudolf feel about the Princess Flavia?
6. How did Antoinette de Mauban want to help Rudolf?
7. Why did a tea-table help to save Rudolf’s life?
Before you read Chalters 7, 8 and 9, can you guess what happens?Choose Y (yes) or N (no) for each these ideas.
1. Rudolf asks princess flavia to marry him . Y
2. Rudolf tells the princess who he really is. Y
3. Rudolf decides to kill the King and marry Flavia. N
4. Duke Michael offters Rudolf an hundred thousand pounds to leave the country. N
Read chapters 7 to 9. Who said this, and to whom? Why did they say it? Match the sentences to the...