CBSE Class 12 English The Last Lesson MCQs Set B

Question. Alphonse Daudet was from which country?
(a) England
(b) India
(c) France
(d) New Zealand

Answer : C

Question. The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?
(a) Male Chauvinism
(b) Procrastination
(c) Courage
(d) Cowardice

Answer : B

Question. What does The Last Lesson symbolize?
(a) Loss of language and freedom
(b) Loss of opportunity
(c) Loss of freedom
(d) Loss of language

Answer : A

Question. Franz didn’t want to go to school as a
(a) It being a warm, bright and beautiful morning, he wanted to enjoy it.
(b) He wanted to listen to the birds chirping.
(c) He wanted to enjoy watching the Prussian soldiers drill.
(d) He had not prepared for the homework given by his French language teacher.

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following aptly describes Mr. Hamel?
(a) Dedicated, senile, efficient
(b) Strict, philosophical, preacher
(c) Patriotic, dedicated, senile
(d) Strict, patriotic, honest

Answer : D

Question. How does Mr. Hamel end his last lesson?
(a) With a lesson on participles
(b) By giving a lesson in writing
(c) With the class chanting their alphabets
(d) By giving a lecture on the importance of language

Answer : C

Question. “We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.” What did the speaker want to convey to the listeners?
(a) All we have to fear is fear itself.
(b) All are equally to be blamed
(c) Freedom from fear
(d) Kindness pays, rudeness never

Answer : B

Question. Franz gets the information that only German will be taught from the next day from
(a) the bulletin board
(b) Mr. Hamel
(c) the blacksmith, Wachter
(d) Mr. Hauser

Answer : B

Question. What tempted Franz to stay away from school that day?
(a) The chirruping of birds in the woods
(b) The beautiful sunny day with a warm atmosphere
(c) The drilling of the Prussian soldiers
(d) All the above

Answer : D

Question. Why did Mr. Hamel write ‘Vive La France’ on the board before leaving?
(a) To instill patriotic feelings in the class
(b) To praise his country
(c) To remind the people about the greatness of France
(d) Because France was losing the war

Answer : A

Question. That day everything had to be as quiet as the Sunday morning.
The figure of speech here is:
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Personification

Answer : B

Question. “Besides, the whole school seemed so strange and solemn”. Choose from the options which gives the appropriate meaning of the word ‘solemn’.
(a) Grave
(b) Lively
(c) Noisy
(d) Splendid

Answer : A

Question. From where did the orders come to teach only German in the Districts of Alsace and Lorraine?
(a) France
(b) Lorraine
(c) Berlin
(d) Germany

Answer : C

Question. What did Franz find on reaching the school?
(a) strange quietness
(b) People were dancing
(c) strange people
(d) Police patrolling

Answer : A

Question. Who occupied the back benches in the class?
(a) weak students
(b) teachers
(c) monitors of the class
(d) village elders

Answer : D

Question. What was the ‘bustle’ heard when school usually began?
(a) the opening and the closing of the desks and lessons repeated loudly.
(b) The village people sitting in the class and talking loudly
(c) The village people sitting in the class and reciting the lessons
(d) the sounds coming from the street.

Answer : A

Question. “We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.” -Name the lesson and the writer.
(a) Lost Spring – Anees Jung
(b) Deep water- William Douglas
(c) The Last Lesson-Alphonse Daudet
(d) My Mother at Sixty Six- Kamala Das

Answer : C

Question. “We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.” Who is the speaker?
(a) Saheb
(b) Mukesh
(c) Franz
(d) M. Hamel

Answer : D

Question. “Your parents were not anxious enough to have you learn” Here “your parents” refers to
(a) Franz’s parents
(b) Mr. Hamels parents
(c) Hauser’s parents
(d) All the parents of the class

Answer : D

Question. Who was at fault for the student’s neglect of French?
(a) the students themselves
(b) the parents
(c) the teacher
(d) the students, teacher and parents

Answer : D

Question. How would life in Alsace be if the Prussians had not conquered them?
(a) they would have continued to study French
(b) they would have continued to study French diligently
(c) they would have studied German
(d) they would have studied Prussian

Answer : A

Question. Who was Wachter?
(a) The blacksmith
(b) The former postmaster
(c) The former mayor
(d) Franz’ friend

Answer : A

Question. “My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you…” What is the tone of the speaker here?
(a) Ironical
(b) Sarcastic
(c) Emotional
(d) Rebellious

Answer : C

Question. What is the tone of the village blacksmith when he says to Franz “Don’t go so fast , bub, you’ll get to school in plenty of time”.
(a) Frivolous
(b) Sarcastic
(c) Cheerful
(d) Depressive

Answer : D

Question. ‘I never saw his look so tall’. Which of the following best captures M. Hamel on the last day of school?
(a) cranky, miserable, dedicated, resigned
(b) patient, dignified, emotional, courageous
(c) calm, nostalgic, disappointed, patriotic
(d) proud, reproachful, persistent, heroic

Answer : B

Question. It seemed almost as if the poor man wanted to give us all he knew before going away and put it all into our heads at one stroke. Which of the following sentences DOES NOT use the phrase “at one stroke” correctly?
(a) the smoke choked the joking man at one stroke.
(b) I managed to please both the buyer and the seller at one stroke.
(c) Lets settle the matter at one stroke.
(d) When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes and their pensions at one stroke.

Answer : A

Question. Franz saw a large crowd on his way to school but he did not stop there to see what was going on.
What do you guess about his motive?
(a) He was a small boy and did not worry about the scene
(b) Displaying bad news had been very common
(c) He was already late for school and would be scolded by the teacher
(d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’

Answer : B

Question. M. Hamel wrote ‘Vive la France’ becausea
(a) He was a patriot and wanted everyone to stand up to the Germans
(b) He wanted the village elders to remain true to France.
(c) He was a patriot and leaving the school after forty years made him emotional.
(d) He knew that the French were superior to the Germans

Answer : C

EXTRACT BASED MCQ QUESTIONS

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
How it must have broken his heart to leave it all, poor man; to hear his sister moving about in the room above, packing their trunks! For they must leave the country next day.

Question. Who are ‘they’ here?
(a) M. Hamel and his sister.
(b) Franz
(c) Villager
(d) Houser

Answer : A

Question. Why is M. Hamel’s heartbroken?
(a) Because he has to leave the country the next day
(b) Because of transfer
(c) Because of retirement
(d) Because of student’s misbehaviour.

Answer : A

Question. Why do they have to leave the country?
(a) French will be taught now.
(b) New languages will be taught.
(c) German would be taught in place of French.
(d) He has got a new jo(b)

Answer : C

Question. Who is packing the trunks?
(a) Hamel’s sister
(b) Hamel’s wife
(c) Hamel’s father
(d) Hamel’s servant

Answer : A

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
While I was wondering about it all, M. Hamel mounted his chair, and, in the same grave and gentle tone which he had used to me, said, “My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you. The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master comes tomorrow. This is your last French lesson. I want you to be very attentive.”

Question. Who is ‘I’ here?
(a) Franz
(b) M.Hamel
(c) Old Hauser
(d) Villagers

Answer : A

Question. What was ‘I’ wondering?
(a) Silence in the class
(b) Ceremonial dress of teacher
(c) Presence of villagers in the classroom.
(d) All of the above.

Answer : C

Question. How was the tone of M. Hamel?
(a) Grave and gentle.
(b) Jovial
(c) Mocking
(d) angry

Answer : A

Question. Why did Hamel want everyone to be attentive?
(a) Because it was better than German
(b) Because it was the last lesson on French he would give.
(c) Because he was teaching them
(d) He hated noise in the class

Answer : B