Franz, the story’s narrator, is a French boy who initially dislikes his French teacher, M. Hamel. On M. Hamel’s last teaching day, Franz discovers that German will replace French in Alsace and Lorraine by order from Berlin. This news, along with M. Hamel’s dedication, inspires Franz to appreciate French. During the final lesson, Franz’s disdain for M. Hamel turns to respect as he understands the significance of preserving his language to resist oppression. M. Hamel highlights the beauty and importance of the French language, linking it to national pride and freedom. The villagers, realizing they should have valued their language more, vow to protect it from cultural loss. The story underscores the vital roles of education, patriotism, and the deep ties between language and identity.
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MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 1 The Last Lesson with Answers
Question 1: What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
(a) strange quietness and sadness
(b) teachers were sad
(c) hustle-bustle
(d) people were happy
Answer: A
Question 2: What does The Last Lesson signify?
(a) Change of teachers
(b) Change of power
(c) change in life
(d) change of Government
Answer: D
Question 3: What did Hauser bring?
(a) sweets
(b) friends
(c) children
(d) old Primer
Answer: D
Question 4: Who occupied the back benches in the class?
(a) teachers
(b) monitors of the class
(c) weak students
(d) village elders
Answer: D
Question 5: Why was Franz surprised?
(a) because of students’ behavior
(b) Because of police patrolling
(c) Because of village elders
(d) because of M.Hamel’s kind and polite behaviour
Answer: D
Question 6: Why was Franz feeling regretful and sad?
(a) for change of the Government
(b) for not learning his mother tongue
(c) for not learning participles
(d) for reaching late
Answer: B
Question 7: Whom did M.Hamel blame for not sending students to school?
(a) friends
(b) watchman
(c) teachers
(d) Parents
Answer: D
Question 8: What made Franz forget M.Hamel’s ruler and crankiness?
(a) Police Patrolling
(b) The idea of his going away
(c) Bustle on the streets
(d) Strange quietness
Answer: B
Question 9: For how many years did M. Hamel serve the school?
(a) 30 years
(b) 35 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 20 years
Answer: C
Question 10: Where did the parents send their children?
(a) coaching
(b) movies
(c) school
(d) farms and mills
Answer: D
Question 11: 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 12: Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school?
(a) to complain
(b) to gossip
(c) to show gratitude
(d) to say goodbye
Answer: D
Question 13: Why did Mr. M. Hamel call the French language the most beautiful?
(a) Because it was his native language
(b) Because it was the clearest and logical
(c) Becayse people were from France
(d) None of these
Answer: B
Question 14: When people are enslaved, what key do they have to the prison, according to M.Hamel?
(a) aggressiveness
(b) their behaviour
(c) power
(d) mother tongue
Answer: D
Question 15: What did Franz notice that was unusual that day?
(a) all of these
(b) strange quietness
(c) soldiers in the school
(d) crowd
Answer: B
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Question 16: What had been put up on the Bulletin Board that day?
(a) Teach only German
(b) Speak only English
(c) Teach only French
(d) Teach all these
Answer: A
Question 17: What changed Franz’s feelings about M.Hamel and school?
(a) Police Patrolling
(b) Orders from Berlin
(c) old Primer
(d) Strict words from M. Hamel
Answer: B
Question 18: What made Franz and 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: C
Question 19: 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 20: 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 21: “The Last Lesson” story was written in which year?
(a) 1869 – 1870
(b) 1870 – 1871
(c) 1870 – 1872
(d) 1872- 1873
Answer: B
Question 22: Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time means ___
(a) very early
(b) getting late
(c) not early
(d) early enough
Answer: D
Question 23: What was there in front of the Bulletin Board?
(a) children
(b) police
(c) hawkers
(d) a crowd
Answer: D
Question 24: What bad news used to come from the Bulletin Board?
(a) the draft
(b) lost battles
(c) orders of commanding officers
(d) All three
Answer: C
Question 25: What does the expression “in great dread of scolding” mean?
(a) in the pursuit of
(b) very badly scared of scolding
(c) scared of scolding
(d) None of these
Answer: B
Question 26: Why Franz was shocked to see M. Hamel?
(a) because he had a flower in his hand
(b) because he gave sweets
(c) Because of his casual dress
(d) all
Answer: A
Question 27: What attitude of M.Hamel surprised Franz?
(a) firm and strict
(b) all
(c) soft and kind
(d) rude
Answer: C
Question 27=8: Who was M.Hamel?
(a) a spy
(b) language teacher
(c) soldier
(d) School Principal
Answer: B
Question 29: “When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison” It is as if they have the key to the prison as long as they:
(a) are attached to their language.
(b) quickly learn the conqueror’s language.
(c) do not lose their language.
(d) None of these
Answer: C
Question 30: Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time. You will get to your school:
(a) too early.
(b) very late.
(c) early enough.
(d) None of these
Answer: C
Question 31: Concluding his last lesson by writing ‘Vive La France!’ on the blackboard shows that M. Hamel:
(a) wanted to teach French participles through it.
(b) was overwhelmed with emotions.
(c) was keen on not leaving the country.
(d) wanted to distract all attending class that day.
Answer: B
Question 32: Why would M. Hamel not scold little Franz?
(a) Because Franz was not the worst.
(b) Because Franz must feel bad enough
(c) Because it was M.Hamel’s last French lesson and he regretted that people of Alsace put off learning till tomorrow.
(d) Because Franz could neither speak nor write French.
Answer: C
Question 33: What was Franz expected to be prepared for at school that day?
(a) dance
(b) song
(c) Participles
(d) essay writing
Answer: C
