CBSE Class 12 English The Last Lesson Worksheet Set B

Question. What made Franz forget M.Hamel's ruler and crankiness?
a. Police Patrolling
b. Strange Quietness
c. Bustle on the streets
d. The idea of his going away

Answer : D 

Question. Franz thinks- will they make them sing in German- even the pigeons?
What could this mean?
a. German would use brutal force over everyone
b. harsh orders will be passed
c. when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected
d. the Germans will rob France of its language.

Answer : C 

Question. What did Franz notice that was unusual that day?
a. quietness in the school
b. soldiers in the school
c. crowd in school
d. all of these

Answer : A 

Question. What does this story speak about?
a. Power
b. Money
c. Transition
d. People

Answer : A  

Question. What did Hauser bring?
a. sweets
b. children
c. friends
d. old Primer

Answer : D 

Question. Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school?
a. to complain
b. to say goodbye
c. to gossip
d. to show gratitude

Answer : D 

Question. What was there in front of the Bulletin Board?
a. children
b. police
c. hawkers
d. a crowd

Answer : D 

Question. Who asked Franz not to hurry to school?
a. Old Hauser
b. former Mayor
c. former Postmaster
d. blacksmith Watcher

Answer : D 

Question. Where did the parents send their children?
a. school
b. coaching
c. farms and mills
d. movies

Answer : C 

Question. What does the expression "in great dread of scolding" mean?
a. to be happy about it
b. very badly scared of scolding
c. To be indifferent
d. None of these

Answer : B 

Question. What made Franz and the people realize about the preciousness of their mother tongue?
a. M. Hamel's words
b. School orders
c. Sudden orders from Berlin
d. School Principal

Answer : A 

Question. When people are enslaved, what key do they have to the prison, according to M.Hamel?
a. their behaviour
b. power
c. aggressiveness
d. mother tongue

Answer : D 

Question. Whom did M.Hamel blame for not sending students to school?
a. Parents
b. friends
c. teachers
d. watchman

Answer : A 

Question. Don't go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time means ___
a. getting late
b. very early
c. not early
d. early enough

Answer : D 

Question. What had been put up on the Bulletin Board that day?
a. Teach only French
b. Speak only English
c. Teach only German
d. Teach all these

Answer : C 

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

Answer : D  

Question. Why was Franz feeling regretful and sad?
a. for reaching late
b. for not learning participles
c. for change of the Government
d. for not learning his mother tongue

Answer : D 

Question. Franz looked for opportunities to skip school to do what?
a. work on mills
b. go fishing
c. water the plants
d. collect birds eggs

Answer : D 

Question. Why does Hamel blame the parents?
a. they preferred children to work in farms
b. they were not strict
c. they did not come to M. Hamel’s class
d. they did not love the French language

Answer : A 

Question. Why was Franz reluctant to go to school?
a. wanted to enjoy warm Sunlight
b. wanted to see soldiers drill
c. wanted to enjoy outdoor
d. lesson on participles was not prepared

Answer : D 

Question. What was unusual about M. Hamel’s dress?
a. wore clean clothes
b. wore a brand new outfit
c. wore clothes he wore on prize days
d. wore traditional French clothes

Answer : C 

Question. For the last two years, where did all the bad news come from?
a. the Bulletin Board
b. Town Hall
c. school
d. M. Hamel’s House

Answer : A 

Question. Why does the author urge the reader to respect his language?
a. It is what makes you respect your countrymen.
b. It is the key to freedom.
c. You can express yourself.
d. It is unique and reflects literature and art.

Answer : B 

Question. Why was Franz shocked to see M. Hamel?
a. Because of his formal dress
b. because he gave sweets
c. because he had a flower in his hand
d. all of these

Answer : A 

Question. What does ‘The Last Lesson’ symbolize?
a. Loss
b. Loss of freedom
c. Loss of language
d. Loss of language and freedom

Answer : D 

Question. What distracted Franz in the chapter ‘The Last Lesson'?
a. Chirping birds
b. Warm and bright day
c. Prussian soldiers drilling
d. All of the above

Answer : D 

Question. Whlich language would the students study from the next day?
a. English
b. German
c. Dutch
d. Spanish

Answer : B 

Question. Why was Franz surprised?
a. Because of village elders
b. Because of police patrolling
c. because of students’ behavior
d. because of M.Hamel’s kind and polite behaviour

Answer : D 

Question. M. Hamel is introduced as a ruler-wielding teacher. This demonstrates that:
a. he is concerned
b. he is adamant.
c. he is unfeeling
d. he is a hard taskmaster.

Answer : D 

Question. What does the marching of soldiers under the windows represent?
a. the departure of Hamel
b. dawn of Prussia in France
c. freedom for Franz
d. sorrow of the villagers

Answer : B 

Question. Why did Hamel blame himself?
a. not having taught them enough French
b. not being strict
c. giving students a holiday at times
d. None of above

Answer : C 

Question. Why was there a crowd at the bulletin board?
a. The news of French being replaced by German had attracted them there.
b. They were called by the authorities over there.
c. They had decided to protest against the authorities.
d. All of these

Answer : A 

Question. Who was M.Hamel?
a. a spy
b. language teacher
c. soldier
d. School Principal

Answer : B  

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 did Franz find on reaching the school?
a. People were dancing
b. school was closed
c. Police patrolling
d. strange quietness

Answer : D 

Question. What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent?
a. The Dawn of Prussia in the defeat of French people
b. The defeat of Prussia
c. The victory of French
d. None of these

Answer : A 

Question. What is the moral that the Alphonse Daudet wants to bring out?
a. not to put off things that one can do that day
b. old order changed to new
c. one should accept everything that happens
d. teachers should be respected

Answer : A 

Question. M. Hamel emerges as a ………… when he teaches his last lesson.
a. meek person
b. true patriot
c. repentant man
d. defeated the man

Answer : B 

Question. Which district came under the Prussian rule?
a. Alsace and Berlin
b. Berlin and Lorraine
c. Alsace and Lorraine
d. the southern districts of France

Answer : C 

Question. What was Franz banking on to enter the class as he was late?
a. M.Hamel’s teaching on the blackboard
b. commotion in the class
c. Hauser helping him sneak in
d. to quietly walk in when everyone was preoccupied with participles

Answer : B 

Question. What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
a. hustle-bustle
b. people were happy
c. teachers were sad
d. strange quietness and sadness

Answer : D 

Question. What did Mr. Hamel bring for his class on his last day in the school?
a. new pens
b. new notebooks
c. sweets
d. story books

Answer : B 

Question. What was Franz expected to be prepared for at school that day?
a. song
b. dance
c. essay writing
d. Participles

Answer : D 

Question. What does M. Hamel’s motionless posture reflect?
a. the school is dismissed
b. changing order of life
c. sense of finality
d. feeling of nostalgia

Answer : C 

Question. What bad news used to come from the Bulletin Board?
a. lost battles
b. the draft
c. orders of commanding officers
d. All of these

Answer : D 

Question. What was M. Hamel going to question Franz about?
a. participles
b. adjectives
c. old primer
d. Ba be bi bo bu

Answer : A 

Question. ‘Viva la France’ became emotional evidence of M. Hamel’s?
a. sadness and patriotism.
b. finality and depression.
c. nostalgia and emotional outburst.
d. love for the school and teaching as a profession.

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. Expression 'Thunder Clap" in the lesson means _______.
a. loud but not clear
b. loud and clear
c. startling and unexpected
d. unpleasant

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 were the things being taken for granted by the people of Alsace?
a. Teachers of the school
b. Time and school
c. People around
d. Money and power

Answer : B 

Question. Who sat on the back bench on the last lesson?
a. Franz
b. Prussians
c. the village people
d. The new teacher

Answer : C 

Question. “ I never saw him look so tall” Who is the person mentioned here?
a. Franz
b . M.Hamel
c. Villagers
d. Students

Answer : B 

Question. For how many years did M. Hamel serve the school?
a. 20 years
b. 35 years
c. 30 years
d. 40 years

Answer : D  

Question. `Who is the author of The Last Lesson?
a. Jane Austen
b. Rabindra Nath Tagore
c. None
d. Alphonse Daudet

Answer : D 

Question. Why did Mr. M. Hamel call French language the most beautiful?
a. Because it was the clearest and logical
b. Because it was his native language
c. Because people were from France
d. None of these

Answer : A 

Question. “The Last Lesson” story was written in which year?
a. 1869 – 1870
b. 1870 – 1871
c. 1872- 1873
d. 1870 – 1872

Answer : B  

Question. What attitude of M.Hamel surprised Franz?
a. soft and kind
b. rude
c. firm and strict
d. none of these

Answer : A 

Question. Why were the parents sending their children to the farms and mills?
a. to play
b. to meet friends
c. to meet relatives
d. to earn money

Answer : D 

Question. What order had come from Berlin?
a. The new teacher
b. teach German in schools of Alsace and Lorraine
c. to open a new school in Alsace and Lorraine
d. that Hamel would have to leave

Answer : B 

Very Short Answer

Q.1)        Why did Mr. Hamel say that it was his last lesson?

Q.2)        Why was Franz tempted to play truant from school?

Q.3)        Why had Franz not been able to learn much at school?

Q.4)        How did Franz enjoy their lessons in writing?

Q.5)        What did Mr. Hamel say about the French language?

Short Answer

Q.6)        Why was Franz not scolded for reaching the school late that day?

Q.7)        Describe how M. Hamel conducted the last lesson?

Q.8)        What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day?

Q.9)         Answer the following questions:-

(1)           How did Franz plan to enter the classroom quietly unnoticed by the teacher?

(2)           Why was Franz surprised when he reached school? What change did he notice?

Q.10)      “What a thunderclap these words were to me!”(Franz). What were those words and what was their effect on Franz?

Long Answer

Q.11)      Draw a character-sketch of M. Hamel?

Q.12)      What message does the story ‘The Last Lesson’ carry? How relevant is it today?

Q.13)      Have you ever changed your opinion about someone or something that you had earlier liked or disliked? Narrate what led you to change your mind.

Q.14)      Justify the title of (the last lesson).

Q.15)      What was the order from Berlin? How did it affect Franz and the people of Alsace?

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