CBSE Class 12 English The Last Lesson Worksheet Set F

Extract Based Questions:

1. On the roof the pigeons cooed very low, and I thought to myself, “Will they make them sing in
German, even the pigeons?” whenever I looked up from my writing, I saw M. Hamel sitting motionless in his chair and gazing first at one thing, then at another, as if he wanted to fix in his mind just how everything looked in that little school-room. Fancy! For forty years he had been there in the same
place, with his garden outside the window and his class in front of him, just like that.

Question. What made Franz forget about M. Hamel's ruler and crankiness?
(a) Strange quietness
(b) Encroachment of Prussian soldiers drilling and marching
(c) He did not take his mother tongue seriously
(d) Thought of M. Hamel leaving forever

Answer: D

Question. What is the tone of the speaker in the first line?
(a) Full of pleasure
(b) Full of displeasure
(c) Full of rage
(d) Full of contentment

Answer: B

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) the people cannot be deprived of their essence
(d) the Germans will rob France of its language

Answer: C

Question. What does M. Hamel's motionless posture reflect?
(a) The school is dismissed forever
(b) Sense of finality
(c) Changing order of life
(d) Feeling nostalgic

Answer: D

2. Down there at the back of the room old Hauser had put on his spectacles and, holding his primer in both
hands, spelled the letters with them. You could see that he, too, was crying; his voice trembled with emotion, and it was so funny to hear him that we all wanted to laugh and cry. Ah, how well I remember it, that last lesson!
All at once the church-clock struck twelve. Then the Angelus. At the same moment the trumpets of the Prussians, returning from drill, sounded under our windows.

Question. Choose the term which best matches the statement “his voice trembled with emotions”.
(a) Shudder or move due to shame
(b) Palpitating with excitement
(c) Quavering with vehemence
(d) Trembling with rage

Answer: C

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 was the Hauser crying for?
(a) Because he had not taken his mother tongue seriously
(b) Because M. Hamel was going to leave forever
(c) Because he was neither able to speak nor write French
(d) All of the above

Answer: A

Question. Choose the version which best matches the term “Angelus”
(a) A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Romans
(b) A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Anglican
(c) A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Baptist
(d) A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Lutheran

Answer: D

               Very Short Answer

Q.1)        Why doesn’t M. Hamel want the people to forget French?

Q.2)        How did Franz react to the declaration: This is your last French lesson?

Q.3)        Why did villagers come to school that day?

Q.4)        Why were the elders of the village sitting in the classroom?

Q.5)        How had Franz hoped to get to his desk? What had he to do and why?

               Short Answer

Q.6)        “What a thunderclap these words were to me!” Which were the words that shocked and surprised the narrator?

Q.7)        Answer the following questions:-

(1)          Who did Hamel blame for not knowing French?

(2)           What was the usual scene when Franz’s school began in the morning?

Q.8)        Who did M. Hamel blame for neglect of learning on the part of boys like Franz?

Q.9)         Answer the following questions:-

(1)           What did M. Hamel tell the class about French language?

(2)            How was M. Hamel behavior contrary to how he would usually behave?

Q.10)      How did M. Hamel behave as the last lesson came to an end?

               Long Answer

Q.11)      What order had been received from Berlin that day? What effect did it have on the life at school?

Q.12)      Teachers can act as trailblazers in the lives of pupils. They can affect eternity. But the advancement of technology has changed the role of a teacher. Write an article on the paradigm shift in educational technology and the role of the teachers.

Q.13)      What do you think is the theme of the story ‘The Last Lesson’? What is the reason behind its universal appeal?

Q.14)      What is linguistic chauvinism? Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far?

Q.15)      Comment on the appropriateness of the title ‘The Last Lesson’.

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