1. What is a major weakness the emperor possesses? (Check the first couple paragraphs.)
2. A council chamber is a room where important people, such as rulers or elected officials, meet to work and make decisions together. What does the author say about a king that cannot be said of the Emperor? What can be said about the emperor instead? What does this say about the Emperor’s character as a ruler? Quote from the story to support your answer.
3. The word swindler means
someone who profits by cheating or tricking someone else. How are the swindlers
in the story hoping to make a profit? Describe the swindlers’ claim.
4. What is the Emperor’s first thought about the clothes the swindlers
claimed to make?
5. What does the Emperor hope to achieve by wearing these exceptionally
beautiful clothes of wonderful quality?
6. Why does the Emperor send other people to see how the weavers are
progressing? What are characteristics of the officials the Emperor sends to
look at the cloth? Why did the Emperor wait so long to see the clothes for
himself?
7. When the Emperor finally sees the cloth for himself, what is his
reaction?
8. How do the Emperor and his council members “see” the clothes? What makes
the description believable?
9. At the end of the story, as the Emperor paraded his new “suit” in a
great procession, a little child said, “But he has nothing on at all.” Based on
your reading, what quality does the child possess in comparison to the Emperor
and his trusted officials?
10.Why did the Emperor continue to walk in the procession even though he heard
(and believed) the child and the crowd were right when they stated, “he has
nothing on at all!”?
11. How did the swindlers trick or cheat the Emperor and his people? How
were the swindlers able to deceive everyone? Include in your answer details
about the swindlers and the Emperor and his councilmen.
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