THE LAST LESSON
PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION ANSWER--
1.Why did little
Franz want to spend his day out of doors ? [HS - 2012]
Ans- Little Franz
wanted to spend his day out of doors for two reasons :
i)
He
was very late for school.
ii)
His
teacher M. Hamel was to ask them questions on participles, but he did not know
even single wod about it.
2. What are
M.Hamel’s view about the French language ? [HS- 2012, 13, 16]
Ans-According to M.Hamel French was the most beautiful language in the
world. It was the clearest and the most logical language, and therefore it should
be guarded and should not be forgotten by them.
1.‘I started for
school very late that morning’ who is the ‘I’ here ? [hs- 2012, 14]
Ans- ‘ I’ refers
here to little Franz.
2. What did M.
Hamel do when he wanted to go on a holiday ? [HS- 2013]
Ans – Whenever M.
Hamel wanted to go on a holiday he gave his students also a holiday.
3. What did M. Hamel
write at the end of the class ? [HS- 2015]
Ans – M. Hamel
wrote ‘Vive La Franch’ at the end of the class.
4.What did Franz
think ‘For a moment’ ? [HS - 2016]
Ans:- For a moment
Franz thougt of running away and spending the day out of his classroom .
5.What was written
in the new copies brought by M. Hamel for the students in a beautiful round
hand ? [HS- 2017]
Ans – In the new
copies that M. Hamel brought for the students there was written the words ‘France,
Alsace’ in a beautiful round hand.
6.What is the name
of the blacksmith in ‘The Last Lesson’ ? [HS 2018]
Ans- The name of
the blacksmith in ‘The Last Lesson’ is Wachter.
7.What is name of
the river mentioned in ‘The Last Lesson’ ? [HS 2019]
Ans- The name of
the river mentioned in ‘The Last Lesson’ is Saar.
8.What did Franz
see when he passed the own hall ? [HS - ]
Ans- The Franz
passed the town hall he saw a crowd in front of the bulletin board.
9.What was the order that come from Berlin that day ?
Ans- The order
that came from Berlin was to teach only German in the schools of Alasace and
Lorraine.
10.What did M.
Hamel say he would ask his students that morning ?
Ans- M. Hamel said
that he would ask his students on the rules of participles.
11.What were the
Prussian soldiers doing that morning ?
Ans- The Prussian
soldiers were drilling in the open field at the back of the saw mill.
12.What according
to M.Hamel was the grat fault with Alsace ?
Ans- According to
M. Hamel, the great fault with Alsace was that the people there always put off
their learning till the next day.
13. How long did
M.Hamel tech in th class ?
Ans- M.Hamel
taught for forty years in his school.
14. What did M.
Hamel want to give his students before going away ?
Ans- M. Hamel
wanted to share all his knowledge and give his students all what heknew before
going away.
15 What is the
theme of the story ‘The Last Lesson’ ?
Ans – The theme of
the story ‘The Last Lessson’ is Linguistic chauvinism.
3. What was the
commotion that Franz anticipated in the classroom ? [HS - 2013, 15]
Ans- The commotion
that Franz anticipated was the great bustle that could be heard from the
streets. It was the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison,
very loud and the teachers great ruler rapping on the table.
4.Why was the
lesson called ‘The Last Lesson’?
Ans- The lesson
was the last French lesson taken by M.Hamel , as German would be taught in
schools of Alsace and Lorraine by the new master who was supposed to come the
following day. So, the lesson was called
‘The Last Lesson’.
5.What hd been put
up in the bulletin board ?
Ans- The news had
been put up in the bulletin board that an order had come from Berlin. German
language was to be imposed on the people of Alsace and Lorraine. Now only the German teachers will tech German to the
French speakimg population.
6.What was Franz
expected to be prepared with for school that day ?
Ans-Franz was
expected to be prepared with lessons on participles that day,as M.Hamel had
said that he question them on participles.
7.Why did M.Hamel
not blame Franz alone for his inability to learn ?
Ans- M.Hamel did
not blame Franz alone for his inability to learn. Heblamed the parents who preferred
their children to not go to school , but to work on a farm or at the mills. He
also blaned himself because he often gave his pupils a holiday or asked them to
water his flowers whenever he wanted to go for fishing.