'If I paint this picture, I shall certainly be killed. Either the Archduke will have me slaughtered like a pig for having disobeyed him or the courtiers will have me murdered for painting them as they really are. In either case I am to die. What am I to do? Perhaps it is wiser not to paint this picture at all.' 1. Find a word from the passage which means 'to kill'.

2. Pick out the sentence from the passage which shows that Tyl would definitely be killed.

3. What quality of Tyl is evident in this paragraph?

4. Find a word which is an antonym of 'obey'.

5. Why did Tyl think that he would definitely be killed?