"The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen

What causes the emperor to realize he made a mistake?

• The mechanical nightingale puts him to sleep.

• The mechanical nightingale can no longer make music.

• The real nightingale leaves the palace.

• The real nightingale grants the emperor forgiveness.

The language used in paragraph 4 helps the reader infer that the -

• servants were doubtful of the garden's existence at first.

• garden is a new addition to the emperor's kingdom.

• beauty of the emperor's garden is unrivaled

• emperor has a great knowledge of many types of plants

Read this line from the play.

EMPEROR: How can such a plain-looking bird sing so beautiful?

What is the most likely purpose of this line?

• To create suspense about what the emperor will do next

• To set a tone of bewilderment

• To resolve the emperor's problem

• To foreshadow an event that will change the emperor's perspective.

Who are the main characters in the story?

• The Emperor, the courtier, the dancers

• The Emperor, the kitchen maid, the courtier, the nightingale

• The Emperor, the mechanical bird

• The real bird, the mechanical bird

Who gave the Emperor of China the book?

• The Emperor of China

• The Saudi Prince

• The Emperor of Japan

• The Emperor of Thailand

Who found the nightingale?

• The kitchen maid

• The courtier

• The people

• The Emperor

The plot of the story is...

• The Chinese Emperor only loves the mechanical nightingale even as he is dying.

• The Chinese Emperor rejected the real nightingale for the mechanical nightingale until he almost dies and the real nightingale returns to save him with its song.

• The Chinese Emperor does not know about the nightingale at all

"The Nightingale" is about

• the castle versus the forest

• real versus time

• real versus mechanical

What is another theme of "The Nightingale"?

• The Emperor cheated death when the real nightingale returns

• The Emperor cheated death with the mechanical nightingale

• The Emperor only wanted the mechanical nightingale

• The Emperor and the birds

Who knew where the nightingale lived?

• The Emperor of Japan

• The courtier

• The kitchen maid