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The last lesson Noted by P.B.
1. Very Answer Questions: (1 Mark each)
A. What did M. Hamel say that he would ask his students that morning?
Answer: M. Hamel said that he would ask his students on the participles rules.
B. What did Franz think ‘for moment’?
Answer: Franz thought of running away and spending the day out of doors for a moment.
C. What is the name of the blacksmith in “the last lesson” ?
Answer: The name of the blacksmith in “the last lesson” is Wachter.
D. What did Franz find so unusable at school that morning?
Answer: Franz found totally strange or solemn in all/entire the environment in his school and it was as quiet as a Sunday morning.
E. What is the river mentioned in “the last lesson”?
Answer: The river mentioned in “the last lesson” is Saar.
F. How long did M. Hamel teach in his school?
Answer: M. Hamel taught in his school for forty years.
G. What did M. Hamel tell the students, mounting his chair? (2 Marks)
Answer: Mounting his chair, M. Hamel told the students that that was the last lesson he would give them. The order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master would come from the next day. That was their last French lesson. He wanted them to be very attentive.
H. What is the ‘great trouble with Alsace’?
Answer: The ‘great trouble with Alsace is that the people thought of plenty of time they have. Also, they keep/put off all the learning things for the next day.
I. What did M. Hamel do when he wanted to go fishing?
Answer: When M. Hamel wanted to go fishing then he gave the students a holiday.
J. What did M. Hamel want to give his students before going away?
Answer: M. Hamel wanted to give his students all he knew before going away, and to put it all into their heads at one stroke.
K. Why the lesson was called the ‘last lesson’?
Answer: 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 from the next day. So, that was their last French lesson and the new master would come from the next day.
L. Who is the author of ‘the last lesson’?
Answer: The author of ‘the last lesson’ is Alphonse Daudet.
M. What was Franz in great dread of?
Answer: Franz was in great dread of a scolding, especially because M. Hamel had said that he would question them on participles. But, Franz did not know the first word about them.
N. What did M. Hamel say that he would question his students on, the day Franz was late for school?
Answer: M. Hamel said that he would ask his students on the participles rules on the day Franz was late for school.
O. What is a practical in English grammar?
Answer: A participle is a word formed from a verb which can be used as an adjective. The two types of participles are the present participle (ending ing) and the past participle (usually ending –ed, -d, -t, -en, or –n .
P. Give an example each of:
(i) Present participle and Past participle in English.
Answer: An example of present participle is ‘Going’, and an example of past participle is ‘Gone’.
(ii) Participle adjective in English.
Answer: An example of Participle adjective in English is Interesting.
Q. “I had counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being
seen.”
A. What did M. Hamel say that he would ask his students that morning?
Answer: M. Hamel said that he would ask his students on the participles rules.
B. What did Franz think ‘for moment’?
Answer: Franz thought of running away and spending the day out of doors for a moment.
C. What is the name of the blacksmith in “the last lesson” ?
Answer: The name of the blacksmith in “the last lesson” is Wachter.
D. What did Franz find so unusable at school that morning?
Answer: Franz found totally strange or solemn in all/entire the environment in his school and it was as quiet as a Sunday morning.
E. What is the river mentioned in “the last lesson”?
Answer: The river mentioned in “the last lesson” is Saar.
F. How long did M. Hamel teach in his school?
Answer: M. Hamel taught in his school for forty years.
G. What did M. Hamel tell the students, mounting his chair? (2 Marks)
Answer: Mounting his chair, M. Hamel told the students that that was the last lesson he would give them. The order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master would come from the next day. That was their last French lesson. He wanted them to be very attentive.
H. What is the ‘great trouble with Alsace’?
Answer: The ‘great trouble with Alsace is that the people thought of plenty of time they have. Also, they keep/put off all the learning things for the next day.
I. What did M. Hamel do when he wanted to go fishing?
Answer: When M. Hamel wanted to go fishing then he gave the students a holiday.
J. What did M. Hamel want to give his students before going away?
Answer: M. Hamel wanted to give his students all he knew before going away, and to put it all into their heads at one stroke.
K. Why the lesson was called the ‘last lesson’?
Answer: 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 from the next day. So, that was their last French lesson and the new master would come from the next day.
L. Who is the author of ‘the last lesson’?
Answer: The author of ‘the last lesson’ is Alphonse Daudet.
M. What was Franz in great dread of?
Answer: Franz was in great dread of a scolding, especially because M. Hamel had said that he would question them on participles. But, Franz did not know the first word about them.
N. What did M. Hamel say that he would question his students on, the day Franz was late for school?
Answer: M. Hamel said that he would ask his students on the participles rules on the day Franz was late for school.
O. What is a practical in English grammar?
Answer: A participle is a word formed from a verb which can be used as an adjective. The two types of participles are the present participle (ending ing) and the past participle (usually ending –ed, -d, -t, -en, or –n .
P. Give an example each of:
(i) Present participle and Past participle in English.
Answer: An example of present participle is ‘Going’, and an example of past participle is ‘Gone’.
(ii) Participle adjective in English.
Answer: An example of Participle adjective in English is Interesting.
Q. ‘You can imagine how I blushed and how frightened I was?’Why did little Franz blush? (1/2 Marks)
Answer: Little Franz blushed because when he arrived at school then he saw his classmates, already in their places. At that time, M. Hamel was walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm. He had to open the door and go in before everybody. So, he was blushed and frightened for that situation.
S. ‘What a thunderclap these words were to me!’
(i) What is thunderclap? What is thunderclap referred to in this statement?
Answer: Thunderclap is a crash of thunder. It is used in similes to refer to something startling or unexpected.
In the ‘Last Lesson’, thunderclap is referred for Franz to the order which had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master would come from the next day and that was their last French lesson.
(ii) Write another sentence experience the same idea.
Answer: Franz exclaimed with wonder that those words
were a thunderclap to him.
T. ‘Oh the wretches’,
Who were the wretches? Give
another word for ‘wretches’.
Answer: The wretches were the Prussians
soldiers who defeated France. Franz
said them as the wretches as they had put up all the bad news for the last two
years at the town-hall.
Another
word/synonym for ‘wretches’ is villains. contemptible or hateful.
U. How
did M. Hamel wish to ‘honour’ last lesson’?
Answer: M. Hamel had put on his fine
Sunday clothes to wish to ‘honour’ last lesson’.
V. ‘What would I not have given to be able to say that dreadful rule for the participle……..
Why is the rule for participle described as ‘dreadful’ by Franz.
Answer: The rule for participle
described as ‘dreadful’ by Franz because he did not know the first word about
them.
W. ‘Not even the littlest ones, who worked write on tracing their fish hook………?’
What is fish hook? What is
the meaning of the sentence? (2 Marks)
Answer: Fish hook is the informal name given to the
symbol used for a particular unuttered alphabet used in the French language-
owing to its shape.
In the ‘Last Lesson’,
the otherwise unmindful students were writing even that little symbol with
fierce concentration, because of their beloved language which the German
government was taking away from them.
Or: The sentence means that the littlest one or
the smallest children also concern for the last lesson and on the grammars like
fish hook or the alphabets.
X.
What is ‘Angelus’?
Answer: Angelus is a bell rung as call to recite
the Angelus- a devotional prayer in the Roman Catholic Church.
Or: Angelus is a Roman Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation of Jesus and
including the Hail Mary, said at morning, noon, and sunset.
2.
Short Answer Questions :(2 marks each)
a. What news has been
displayed on the bulletin board for the last two years in “The Last Lesson”.
Or:
What had been put up in the bulletin board that morning.
Or:
What had been put up on the bulletin-board ?
Or. Why did the
people gather in front of the bulletin-board ?
Or. Why was there a
crowd in front of the bulletin-board on that morning?
Answer: All the bad news for the last two years had
been displayed on the bulletin board at that morning. These were- the lost
battles, the draft, the orders of the commanding officer and some other bad
news. So, the people or a crowd gathered in front of the bulletin-board. (49 words)
b.
Why did Wachter, the blacksmith tell Franz not to hurry to school?
Answer: Wachter, the blacksmith
told Franz not to hurry to school because that day was the last lesson
of French language and so it was not so complicated/restriction to reach the
class on time. The
fact was that the order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the
schools of Alsace and Lorraine from the next day which was displayed on the bulletin
board and was seen by Wachter, the blacksmith. (72 words)
c. Why was Franz surprised to see
M. Hamel on that particular morning when he went in late?
Answer: Franz was surprised to see
M. Hamel on that particular morning when he went in late because M. Hamel did
not scold Franz for his late coming and kindly told Franz to go to his place.
Also, M. Hamel put on his beautiful green coat, his frilled shirt, and the
little black silk cap, all embroidered, that he never wore except on inspection
and prize days. (66 words)
d.
What would Franz love to do on that sunny morning instead of going to school?
Answer: Franz loved to enjoy the
birds chirping at the edge of the woods that sunny morning instead of going to
school. He also loved to see the Prussian soldiers drilling in the open field
back of the sawmill. (39 words)
e. Why did M. Hamel not blame Franz alone for
his inability to learn?
Answer: M. Hamel did not blame
Franz alone for his inability to learn. Because, M. Hamel and Franz’s parents
were also responsible for his inability to learn. The fact was that M. Hamel
gave a holiday when he wanted to go fishing. Along with the parents who were
not anxious enough to have his learn. Instead, they preferred to put him to
work on a farm or at the mills for a little more money. (74 words)
f.
What did M. Hamel say about the French language?
Or:
What are M. Hamel’s views about the French language?
Answer: M. Hamel said that the
French language was the most beautiful language in the world. It was the
clearest, the most logical; that they must guard it among them and never forget
it. (33 words)
g. ‘Will they make them sing in
German, even the pigeons?’ What does this sentence suggest?
Or: Who said this? Why did the
speaker say like this?
Answer: Franz said this statement.
This sentence suggests about the order from Berlin to teach only German in the
schools of Alsace and Lorraine and expects that it would be effect also on the
pigeons. That means, the pigeons will be also made sing in German. (45 words)
h. How did Franz’s feelings about
M. Hamel and the school change?
Answer: Franz’s feelings about
M. Hamel was very sad/sorrowful that he
was going away from them. Also, they would never see him again.
Franz feeling about school change was also
surprised that it seemed/was so strange and solemn as quiet as a Sunday morning.
Besides, the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room
to honour the last French lesson. (66
words)
i. Who is Alphonso Daudet?
Answer: Alphonse Daudet
(1840-1897) was a French novelist and short-story writer. His famous lesson is
‘The Last Lesson’ that is set in the days of the Franco-Prussian War
(1870-1871) in which France was defeated by Prussia led by Bismarck. (38 words)
j. ‘But nothing happened ‘.
Who
is the speaker? What did he anticipate?
Answer:
The speaker is Franz. Franz blushed and frightened very much for not prepared
the participle rules for the day. He anticipated of scolding and punishment by
M. Hamel for his late entered and not prepared his lessons. (37 words)
k.
Why do you think Hauser’s primer was ‘thumbed at the edges’.
Answer:
Hauser’s primer was ‘thumbed at the edges’ because he was very old and tried to balance the primer
on it. Also, he was very sorry for the last lesson as he could not able to
know enough on their beautiful French language. So, he wanted to learn a little
in the last French lesson. (51 words)
l.
Was M. Hamel’s manner of speaking different on the day of the last lesson? If
so, how?
Answer: M. Hamel’s manner of
speaking was different on the day of the last lesson. At first, he did not
scold Franz for his late coming, instead he very kindly told him to go to his
place quickly. Secondly, when Franz could not recite properly then M. Hamel did
not give any punishment. Thirdly, he had explained everything with so much
patience on the day of the last lesson. (68 words)
m.
What does Franz feel about his books, the French grammar and the history of
France? Why?
Answer: Franz feels that his books
which seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, his grammar, and
his history of the saints, all are old friends now that he cannot give up.
Because/As, he
can understand now that he hardly knows how to write and can never learn
anymore. So, he is sorry for not learning his lessons. (60 words)
n. Why were the old men of the village sitting
in the back of the room?
Or:
Why were the village elders present in M. Hamel’s class on the day of the last
lesson?
Answer:
The order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace
and Lorraine from the next day. So, the old men of the village/the village
elders were sitting in the back of the room to honour the last lesson and expect
of learn something about their beautiful French language. (53 words)
o.
‘then the babies chanted their ba, be, bi, bo, bu……’
(i)
What is ‘ba, be, bi, bo, bu…….’
Answer:
‘Ba, be, bi, bo, bu is the English Phonetics.
(ii)
What is it called?
Answer:
It is called phonetics of a language.
p.
Which war acts as the setting of ‘The Last lesson’? What do you know about it?
Answer: The Franco-Prussian War
acts as the setting of ‘The Last lesson’. In this war, France was defeated by
Prussia led by Bismarck. Prussia then consisted of what now are the nations of
Germany, Poland and parts of Austria. (38 words)
Q. What is the ‘great trouble with
Alsace’?
or: What according to M. Hamel, is the great fault of
Alsace?
Answer: The ‘great trouble or fault with/of
Alsace is that the people who thought of plenty of time they have. Also, they keep/put off all the learning
things for the next day. (31 words)
R. What was the commotion that Franz
anticipated in the classroom?
Answer:
Franz anticipated a
great bustle of the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison
very loud with their hands over their ears to understand better, and the
teacher’s great ruler rapping on the table in the classroom. But, that day, totally were missing or absent like a
Sunday morning. (51 words)
S.
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
Answer: Franz and the other students were
expected to be prepared on participles by M. Hamel with for school that
day. M. Hamel said that he would
question them on participles. But, Franz did not know the first word of
participles. (40 words)
T. Why was the lesson called the ‘last
lesson’?
Answer: The lesson was called the ‘last
lesson’ because the order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the
schools of Alsace and Lorraine from the next day. So, that was their last
French lesson and the new master would come from the next day. (46 words)
U. Why did Franz want to spend his day out of
doors?
Answer: Franz’s teacher, M. Hamel said that he would
question
them on participles. But, he did not know the first word about participles. So, he thought of running away and spending the
day out of doors prevented from the great dread of scolding. (42 words)