Question-Answer Relationship
Lesson Two
Student Handout, Part 2

Stage Two:

Directions: Read the paragraphs from the story below. Then in your groups, discuss the questions that follow. For each question identify the answer and the QAR type. Share you responses with the group.

(Paragraph 22)And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his court, came to the weavers; and the rogues raised their arms, as if in the act of holding something up, saying, "Here are your Majesty's trousers! Here is the scarf! Here is the mantle! The whole suit is as light as a cobweb; one might fancy one has nothing at all on, when dressed in it; that, however, is the great virtue of this delicate cloth."

(Paragraph 23)"Yes indeed!" said all the courtiers, although not one of them could see anything of this exquisite manufacture.

(Paragraph 24)"If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased to take off your clothes, we will fit on the new suit, in front of the looking glass."

(Paragraph 25)The Emperor was accordingly undressed, and the rogues pretended to array him in his new suit; the Emperor turning round, from side to side, before the looking glass.

(Paragraph 26)"How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes, and how well they fit!" everyone cried out. "What a design! What colors! These are indeed royal robes!"

(Paragraph 27)"The canopy which is to be borne over your Majesty, in the procession, is waiting," announced the chief master of the ceremonies.

(Paragraph 28)"I am quite ready," answered the Emperor. "Do my new clothes fit well?" asked he, turning himself round again before the looking glass, in order that he might appear to be examining his handsome suit.

(Paragraph 29)The lords of the bedchamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train felt about on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle; and pretended to be carrying something; for they would by no means betray anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office.

(Paragraph 30)So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the midst of the procession, through the streets of his capital; and all the people standing by, and those at the windows, cried out, "Oh! How beautiful are our Emperor's new clothes! What a magnificent train there is to the mantle; and how gracefully the scarf hangs!" in short, no one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit for his office. Certainly, none of the Emperor's various suits, had ever made so great an impression, as these invisible ones.

(Paragraph 31)"But the Emperor has nothing at all on!" said a little child.

(Paragraph 32)"Listen to the voice of innocence!" exclaimed his father; and what the child had said was whispered from one to another.

(Paragraph 33)"But he has nothing at all on!" at last cried out all the people. The Emperor was vexed, for he knew that the people were right; but he thought the procession must go on now! And the lords of the bedchamber took greater pains than ever, to appear holding up a train, although, in reality, there was no train to hold.