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THE LAST LESSON

–AsphonseDandet
Short Answer Type Questions
Answer the following in 30-40 words each. (3 marks each)
1. Why was Franz afraid to go to school that morning?
2. What temptations did Franz overcome to proceed to school?
3. What was the significance of the bulletin-board in the town hall?
4. Why was Franz blushing and feeling frightened when he entered the class room?
5. Why did the writer want to run away and spend the day outdoors? Did he overcome his temptation?
6. How and why was M. Hamel dressed differently that day?
7. Why did the village elders occupy the back benches in the classroom to attend the last lesson delivered
by M. Hamel ? (2019)
8. How was the order from Berlin going to make a difference to the lives of the students?
9. How did Franz‟s attitude towards his books change after he heard about the order from Berlin?
10. What universality of human nature does the teacher comment upon?
11. Who did M.Hamel blame for the neglect of learning on the part of boys like Franz? (2019)
12. How does M. Hamel held parents and himself responsible for students neglecting learning? (having not
studied?)
13. How does M. Hamel praise the French language?
14. How is the mother tongue important for the enslaved people?
15. Why was Franz able to understand everything?
16. “I never saw him look so tall”. Who is the person mentioned? What does the speaker mean by the
above statement?
17.What did M. Hamel write on the black board at the end of the class? How is it significant?
18. Why did M. Hamel make a gesture to the students to leave?
19. How did M. Hamel display his love for the French language ? (2015 compt)
20. Whom did M. Hamel blame for Franz‟s inability to answer his questions? (2015 compt)
21.Why did M. Hamel write „Vive La France‟ on the blackboard? (2015)
22.How did Franz react to the declaration that it was their last French Lesson? ( 2013)
23. How did M.Hamel make his last lesson a special one? What did he emphasise in it? (2019)
24. Who occupied the back benches in the class room on the day of the last lesson? Why?
25. Why was Franz not scolded for reaching the school late that day? (2017)
26. What did Franz wonder about when he entered the class that day ? (2017)
27.Why did Franz not want to go to school that day? (2017)
28. How is the mother tongue important to a person? What does M.Hamel , the teacher say about it? (2020)
29. Why did the elders of the village attend the last lesson? (2020)

Long Answer Questions

Answer the following in about 125-150 words each
1. Justify the title “The Last Lesson.”
2. In the story M. Hamel emerges not only as a dedicated teacher but also as a sensitive and understanding
human being”. Elaborate the character of M. Hamel in light of the above statement.
3. “When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they have the keys to
their prison.” Discuss the significance of this statement in light of the lesson.
4. Franz‟s attitude towards school as well as towards M. Hamel changes when he comes to know about the
take over of his village by the Prussians. Do you agree? Discuss with reference to “The Last Lesson.”
5. Our language is part of our culture and we are proud of it. Describe how regretful M. Hamel and the
village elders for having neglected their native language ,French .(2016)