CBSE CLASS 12, ENGLISH, THE LAST LESSON
CLASS 12, (CBSE) ENGLISH
THE LAST LESSON.
MCQ, SHORT ANSWERS AND LONG ANSWERS, EXTRA ANSWERS
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Q1 - What does "The Last Lesson" say?
A) The problem of France.
B) The drawback of autocracy.
C) Overpower of monarchs.
D) Loss of freedom and mother tongue.
Ans: (D)
Q2- What does "The soldiers' drilling" represent?
A) The soldiers were march pasting.
B) The defeat of Bismarck
C) The victory of French people
D) The victory of Prussia over France.
Ans: (D)
Q3- What was Berlin order?
A) No more French should be taught in Alsace and Lorraine.
B) No more German should be taught in Alsace and Lorraine.
C) English should be the medium if instruction in schools.
D) It was an order stating all students should be sent to schools
Ans: (A)
Q 4-From where did the order come?
A) England
B) France
C) Berlin
D) Russia
Ans: (C)
Q5- Why was Franz reluctant to go to school?
A) wanted to enjoy warm Sunlight
B) wanted to see soldiers' drilling
C) Didn't study lesson on participles
D) All the above
Ans: (D)
Q6- Who sat on the back benches in the classroom?
A) tall students
B) village elders
C) weak students
D) nobody
Ans: (B)
Q7- Franz was surprised when he reached the classroom. Why?
A) He saw village elders sitting on the back benches
B) The Prussian soldiers' untimely patrolling.
C) Students' polite and silent behavior in the class.
D) M. Hamel behaved politely and peacefully.
Ans: (D)
Q8- Why was Franz seemed to be regretful and sad?
A) Because he reached the
class late.
B) Because he didn't learn
participles.
C) Because he didn't learn his own mother
tongue
D) Because his country was
defeated by Prussians
Ans: (C)
Q9- What do you mean by "primer"?
A) A kind of wall paint
B) A book for the beginner.
C) A kind of sea fish
D) Something important.
Ans: (B)
Q10- How many years did M. Hamel work in that school?
A) 45 years
B) 35 years
C) 40 years
D) 33 years
Ans: (C)
SHORT ANSWERS
Q1- “This
is your last French lesson.”,
said M. Hamel. How did Franz react it?
Ans:
Franz felt sorry because he didn't learn his lessons properly. He unnecessarily
cut his class for petty reasons. He
realized his mistakes and he did not want to part with his books again. He felt
sad when he heard that M. Hamel was leaving the school.
Q2 - “What a
thunder clap these words were to me!” Which were the words that shocked Franz?
Ans: When M. Hamel said that it was his last French lesson, Franz was shocked.
He felt very guilty because he didn't learn his mother tongue properly. He
deliberately ignored French lessons.
Q3 - Why was Franz hesitated to go to school that morning’?
Ans: Franz didn't learn the rules on participles. He
thought that his teacher would definitely punish him. More over it was a sunny
day. He wanted to enjoy the sweet sights of the wood especially chirping of
birds. Lastly, the Prussian soldiers were drilling on a ground by the mill. It
was an interesting sight to him.
Q4 - Why was M. Hamel’s dress and
behavior unusual on that day ?
Ans: It was the last
day of M. Hamel's French class. He was very sad and seemed to be very kind. He
had put on his beautiful green coat, frilled shirt and an embroidered black
silk cap that he normally wore only on inspection day or prize distribution day.
In his last lesson he explained everything with unusual patience as if he
wanted to teach everything he had ever known.
Q5 - What was the news on the bulletin board?
Ans: The news was
that German language should be taught in schools of Alsace and Lorraine instead
of French. They were also informed that new German teachers were appointed.
Q6 - Who did M. Hamel blame for the neglect of learning French?
Ans: M. Hamel blamed the parents for not being anxious to
have their children's education. They asked their children to engage into
household work. He blamed the students
for preferring to work on mills and farms for petty cash. He also blamed
himself for sending boys to water his plants and do ran errands. He declared
holidays whenever he wanted to go for fishing.
Q7 - “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” What does it mean?
Ans: Franz was in his classroom. He heard a
pigeon's cooing on the roof of the school. He wondered if the Prussian
government would make the pigeons to
sing in German language. His thought revealed the Frenchmen’s fear upon the
Germans.
Q8 - What did M. Hamel tell about French language? What did he ask them to do
and why?
Ans: M. Hamel said that
French was the most beautiful, the clearest and the most logical language in
the world. He advised his students to guard it well. As it was their mother
tongue it would prove to be the key to their prison when they were imprisoned.
Q9 - How did M. Hamel say farewell to his students and the people of the
village?
Ans: M. Hamel put on his formal suit
on that day. He asked the villagers to safeguard their language, which was the
most beautiful and logical language in the world. Then he wrote “Vive La
France” on the blackboard in large letters. It meant "Long live
France".
Q10 - Why did M. Hamel write ‘Vive La
France’ on the blackboard?
Ans:
M. Hamel wanted to mold his students
patriots . So he wrote ‘Vive La France’ on the blackboard. It meant "Long
Live France". He was extremely patriotic. They had to safeguard their
language and identity. Their mother
tongue would safeguard them from slavery and was the key to escape from the
prison.
LONG ANSWER
Q1 - Our language
is part of our culture and we are proud of it. Describe how regretful M. Hamel
and the village elders are for having neglected their mother tongue, French.
Ans: Mother tongue is part and parcel of one's culture and tradition. When
Alsace and Lorraine were captured by Prussia and annexed with them, M. Hamel
and his students understood the importance of their mother tongue, French.
German Bismarck wanted to teach German language in Alsace and Lorraine instead
of French. The French people lost their chance to learn French language.
They felt sad for having neglected their native language, French. They realized
rather late that their language was part of their culture and they should be
proud of it.
It was only after they had been stopped learning their
language that they understood its value. The imposition of German language made
them suddenly realized that they lost their freedom. On the last day of the
French class the village elders were seated on the back benches. M. Hamel wore his formal suit as a mark of respect. He
expressed how they had a great deal to reproach themselves because most of the
people in Alsace could neither speak nor write French.
Parents preferred to put their children to work on farms
or mills. M. Hamel regretfully said how he himself sometimes sent his students out
to water his flowers instead of giving them lessons. He requested the village
elders to guard French language well, as it was the most beautiful language in
the world. They felt guilty and sad for having ignored their mother tongue.
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