The Last Lesson |Class 8th|Questions & Answers |Living English |Brightnotes1|
The Last Lesson Questions & Answers
A. Tick the most appropriate options.
1. Franz was embarrassed when he entered the class because
a. everyone would see that he was very late.
b. he did not know the rule about participles
c. there were all kinds of people in the class.
d. there were babies and elders in the class.
Answer: b
2. M. Hamel wore his Sunday clothes for his last lesson because
a. several elders and former officials were present in class.
b. he wanted to impress the Germans.
c. those were the only clothes he had.
d. he wanted to mark the special day as it was his last class.
Answer : d
3. Franz wished he could recite the rule of participles correctly because
a. his teacher was very cranky.
b.he did not want to be punished.
c. he wanted to impress the teacher.
d. he wished he had learnt it well.
Answer : d
4. Fronz and his classmates wanted to lough and cry when Houser speled the letters becouse
a. he was choked with emotions and could not recite property
b. he was an old mon but he was recting letters with children.
c. i was both funny and sad to see him in class recting the letters .
d. it was very strange to see on old man in class with the children
Answer : a
B Think and discuss with your partner.
1. Share your answers in class. oh, the wretches: that was what they had put up of the town hall.
a. Who does the wretches refer to?
Answer : 'The wretches' means 'miserable' it refers to Franz in this line.
b. What had they put up at the town hall?
Answer : They had put up the order which came from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine at the town hall.
2. was amazed to see how well understood it ?
a. Why was Franz amazed?
Answer : Franz was amazed because that day he understood French lesson easily and very well.
b. Why did Franz understand it?
Answer : Franz understood it as he was listening the last lesson carefully and with concentration.
3 Will they make them sing in German even the pigeons
a. Who is they?
Answer : They are "German authorities' who pass the order to teach German language from next day.
b. Why does Franz think this?
Answers : Franz thinks this because German imposed their language on French as they were defeated by them.
C. Work in pairs.
Imagine that years later M. Hamel is interviewed about his last French lesson in Alsace. Role-play the interview.
Interviewer:- Sir, How did you feel when you got order from Berlin ?
M. Hamel:- I felt nervous that time. Interviewer:- How was your last day in the School?
M. Hamel:- It was very emotional for everybody.
Interviewer:- Did you meet them again? M. Hamel:- No, I never went there?
Interviewer:- What message did you give them ?
M. Hamel:- I tried to make them understand that they should not accept that order otherwise they will have to repent one day for this. They have key of their own prison.
Interviewer:- do you remember your students?
M. Hamel:- Yes, obviously.
D. Write the answers.
1 What bustle could normally be heard when school began?
Answer : There was a great bustle, the opening and closing of desks, Lessons repeating sound and teacher's great ruler rapping on the table.
2 In what woy had the classroom changed in the forty years that M. Home had been teaching?
Answer :
Villagers were sitting on the back benches to give him farewell . Everybody was serious and listening him more carefully to learn their native language.
3. Why were Franz and the old men of the village sorry? Were they sorry for the same reasons?
Answer : They were sorry for not paying heed (attention) towards their native language. Yes, they were sorry for the same.
E. Work with a partner and discuss
1 had counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being seen What does count on something mean? Cornmotion means loud sounds of disorder and confusion Why was Franz counting on the cornmotion?
Answer : Count on something means noticed by someone. Franz was counted on the commotion because that day everything was as quite as Sunday morning.
2. Houser had brought an old primer thumbed or the cages Thumb (as overb) means to put your thumb on something again and again What does thumbed at the edges mean? How does it make a book look? Why do you think Houser had brought it?
Answer : Thumbed at the edges means Old Houser was putting his thumb again and again on the letters as M. Hamel was reading. Old Hauser had brought an old primer(KG book) with him as he wanted to learn his native language that day. They never pay heed towards it.
3. What a thunderclap these words were to me! Why did the words sound like a crash of thunder to Frenz? What word could you use instead of thunderclap here?
Answer :
The words were like a crash of thunder (unexpected) to Franz as their native language French was going to ban and German language was imposed on them. We could use "unexpected and shocking' words instead of it.
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