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The King Keeps His Appointment Questions & Answers
Question 1: Who was Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins?
Answer: Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was an English novelist and playwright – he wrote the Prisoner of Zenda from which this extract was taken.
Question 2: How does Sapt wake Rudolf up?
Answer: Sapt wakes Rudolf up by throwing a bucket of water over him.
Question 3: What time of day is it when Rudolf wakes up?
Answer: It is five o’clock when Rudolf wakes up.
Question 4: What is wrong with the Prince?
Answer: The prince has been given sleeping tablets to make him sleep soundly.
Question 5: What plan do the men make? What does Rudolf need to do to make it work?
Answer: The men plan to make Rudolf pretend to be the prince. He will attend the coronation so that the prince’s wicked brother is not able to steal the throne.
Question 6: What will happen if the Prince misses the coronation?
Answer: The prince’s brother will take the crown if the prince misses the coronation.
Question 7: What will happen to Rudolf, Sapt and Fritz if Black Michael finds out what they have done?
Answer: They will be killed.
Question 8: Read and answer the questions:
a. ‘If we’re detected,’ … ‘I’ll fight Black Michael to the death! Sit in that chair, man.’
i. Who says this?
Answer: Sapt says this.
ii. Who is he talking to?
Answer: He is talking to Rudolf.
iii. Why does he say that he will ‘fight Black Michael to the death’?
Answer: Black Michael is the unpleasant younger brother of the prince; if he finds out that Sapt has tricked him he will be angry. Sapt is loyal to the prince and will do anything to help him become king.
b. ‘Thank goodness, he shaved his beard!’ he exclaimed.’
i. Who says this?
Answer: Sapt says this.
ii. Who is he talking to?
Answer: He is talking to the prince.
iii. What does this reveal about the King’s appearance now and in the past?
Answer: It reveals that the prince had shaved his beard off recently. It is likely that if the prince had kept his beard long, then it would have been harder for Rudolf to pretend to be him.
So, these were The King Keeps His Appointment Questions & Answers.