Friday, August 21, 2009

The Setting (The Prisoner of Zenda)

Write about the setting of the story.

The novel ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ happened in the ________________________. (1)
The story began at the house of ________________________, (2) Rudolf Rassendyll’s brother in the city of ____________________. (3) Then, the reader arrives at another setting, an imaginary country called ________________ (4) in central Europe where ___________________________ (5) was travelling.
Most of the action in the story happened in Ruritania. Other places in the story are ________________, (6) _____________ (7) and _________________. (8) In Strelsau, Rudolf Rassendyll ____________________ (9) the king, ______________________ (10) during the _______________ (11) as he was ___________ (12) by his own brother, Duke Michael. The latter _______________ (13) and imprisoned the king in Zenda Castle so that he could ______________ (14) him and be the ________________. (15) King Rudolf V had met Rudolf Rassendyll himself when he was in Zenda. They looked alike.

(London; Zenda Castle; Zenda; Lord Burlesdon; coronation; drugged; 19th century; King Rudolf V; impersonated; Strelsau; Rudolf Rassendyll; overthrow; Ruritania; new king; kidnapped)

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