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The Last Lesson 

~Alphonse Daudet 

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

~1 Marks

1. I started for school very late that morning. Who is  the 'I' 'here'? (HS 2012)

ANS: The T here refers to little Franz.

2.What did M. Hamel do when he wanted to go on a holiday? (HS 2013)

ANS: Whenever M. Hame! wanted to go on a holiday or for fishing, he just gave his students also a holiday,

3.Why was the lesson called the 'Last Lesson"? (HS 2014)

ANS: It was the last lesson as an order from Berlin came that only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine from the very next day

4. What had been put up in the bulletinboard? (HS 2014)

ANS: An order from Berlin that German language was to be imposed on the people of Alsace and Lorraine was put up on the bulletin board.

5. What did M Hamel write at the end of the class? (HS 2015)

ANS: "Vive La France !"

6. What did Franz think 'for a moment'?(HS 2016)

ANS: For a moment Franz thought of running away and

spending the glorious day outdoors in a more pleasurable manner.

7. What was written in the new copies brought by M. Hamel for the students in a beautiful round hand?

ANS: The words 'France, Alsace' were written in the new copies brought by M. Hamel for the students in a beautiful round hand. (HS 2017)

8. What is the name of the blacksmith in "The Last Lesson". (HS 2018)

ANS: The blacksmith in  "The Last lesson" was Witcher.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

~2 Marks

1.Why did little Franz want to spend his day out of doors?(HS 2012)

ANS:M. Hamel announced that he would question his students on participles. But Franz had not prepared his lessons and had also started late for school. So, he feared a scolding from his teacher, M. Hamel. Moreover, the warm weather, the bright day, the woods, open fields and chirping of birds amuzed Franz a lot. Hence, he was tempted to run away from school and spend his day out of doors.

2.What are M Hamel's views about the French language? (HS 2012, 2013, 2016) 

ANS:According to M Hamel the French language was world's most beautiful, clearest and logical language and therefore it should be guarded and should not be forgotten by them. He also added that the love with one's own language can be proven as the key to the prison for the people who are enslaved.

3.What was the commotion that Franz anticipated in the classroom? (HS 2013, 2015)

ANS: Franz anticipated the usual scenario on reaching the school. There used to be great bustle, which could be heard out in street, the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison very loud and the teacher's great ruler's rapping on the table.

4.Why was the lesson called the last lesson? (HS 2014)

ANS:The lesson was called the last lesson because an order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. As the new master was supposed to come the following day, it was the last French lesson of the old master.

5.What had been put up in the bulletinboard? (HS 2014)

ANS:From the last two years, all the bad news had come from the bulletinboard. And now, another bad news shocked the residents and the town. 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 teach German to the French speaking population school that day?

6.What was Franz expected to be prepared with for (HS 2015)

ANS: Franz was expected to be prepared with participles that

day for school, as Mr. Hamel had said that he would question them on participles.

7.Why did Franz want to spend his day out of doors?(HS 2016, 2017)

ANS: Franz had been very late for school that day. M.Hamel said that he would question them on "participles'. Franz knew nothing about them. He was thus scared of a scolding from the teacher. To avoid all such troubles, he wanted to spend the day outdoors.

8. Why did M. Hamel not blame Franz alone for his inability to learn? (HS 2017)

ANS:M. Hamel did not blame Franz alone for neglecting his studies because there were many other young as well as old Frenchmen who could neither speak nor write their own language. Instead, he blamed the parents who preferred their children to not go to school but to work on a firm or at the mills. He also blamed himself because he often gave his pupils a holiday or asked them to water his flowers whenever he wanted to go for fishing or on a holiday.

9. Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons? What does this sentence suggest? (HS 2018)

ANS: The aforesaid sentence suggests that the Germans were harsh and hostile rulers. They had imposed every possible rule on the people of Alsace and Lorraine. They could take away the education of the children and their native language for their mere political interest. Even little Franz understood the level of their hostility and so said that someday they would make even the pigeons sing in German.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

~5 Marks

1. What was the order from Berlin? How did that order affect the people of Alsace, particularly M. Hamel and his students?(HS 2012)

ANS: The order from Berlin stated that only German will be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The order effected many changes, as an unusual silence prevailed in the school, compared to the hustle and bustle earlier. M Hamel became soft in speaking to the students, while the people realised the importance of their language. The villagers even attended the school to show respect to M Hamel. The teacher, M. Hamel, called upon them to guard their language as their language was the key to their unity and liberation. Everyone listened to him with much attention and respect.

2. Describe the unusual things that Franz noticed on the day of the last lesson. (HS 2013, 2017)

Or

Give a detailed account of the scene in the classroom on the day of the last old (HS 2015)

ANS: The order from Berlin caused some changes in the school that day. The entire school seemed strange and solemn. The villagers were sitting on the back benches of the classroom quietly to thank M. Hamel for his forty years of faithful service and for showing their respect for the country. M Hamel also had put on his best dress on that day though it was not an inspection or prize.

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