THE LAST LESSON
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| The Last Lesson class 12 MCQs CBSE Term 1 exam |
Chapter 1 The Last lesson class 12 MCQs
Q1 - `Who is the author of The Last Lesson?
A) Jane Austen
B) Rabindra Nath Tagore
C) None
D) Alphonse Daudet
Q2- Alphonse Daudet was from which country?
A) India
B) France
C) England
D) New Zealand
Q3- The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?
A) Male Chauvinism
B) Procastination
C) Courage
D) Cowardice
Q4 - What were the things being taken for granted by the people of
Alsace?
A) Teachers of the school
B) Time and school
C) People around
D) Money and power
Q5 - What does The Last Lesson symbolize?
A) Loss
B) Loss of freedom
C) Loss of language
D) Loss of language and freedom
Q6 - What does The Last Lesson signify?
A) Change of power
B) change of Government
C) change in life
D) Change of teachers
Q7- What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent?
A) The Dawn of Prussia in defeat of French people
B) The defeat of Prussia
C) The victory of French
D) None of these
Q 8-From where did the orders come to teach only German in the
districts of Alsace and Lorraine?
A) France
B) Lorraine
C)Berlin
D) Germany
Q9- What do the effects this story speaks about?
A) Power
B)Money
C)Transition
D) people
Q10- Why was Franz reluctant to go to school?
A) wanted to enjoy warm Sunlight
B) wanted to see soldiers drill
C) wanted to enjoy outdoor
D) lesson on participles was not prepared
Q11- What did Franz find on reaching the school?
A) People were dancing
B) strange people
C) Police patrolling
D) strange quiteness
Q12- Who occupied the back benches in the class?
A) weak students
B) teachers
C) monitors of the class
D) village elders
Q13- Why was Franz surprised?
A) Because of village elders
B) Because of police patrolling
C) because of students' behavior
D) because of M.Hamel's kind and polite behaviour
Q14- Why was Franz feeling regretful and sad?
A) for reaching late
B) for not learning participles
C) for change of the Government
D) for not learning his mother tongue
Q15- Whom did M.Hamel blame for not sending students to school?
A) Parents
B) friends
C) teachers
D) watchman
Q16- What did Hauser bring?
A) sweets
B) children
C) friends
D) old Primer
Q17- What made Franz forget M.Hamel's ruler and crankiness?
A) Police Patrolling
B) Strange Quietness
C) Bustle on the streets
D) The idea of his going away
Q18- For how many years did M. Hamel serve the school?
A) 20 years
B) 35 years
C) 30 years
D) 40 years
Q19- Where did the parents send their children?
A) school
B) coaching
C) farms and mills
D) movies
Q20- 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
Q21-Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school?
A) to complain
B) to say goodbye
C) to gossip
D) to show gratitude
Q22- Why did Mr. M. Hamel call the French language the most
beautiful?
A) Because it was the clearest and logical
B) Because it was his native language
C) Becayse people were from France
D) None of these
Q23- What was Franz expected to be prepared for at school that
day?
A) song
B) dance
C) essay writing
D) Participles
Q24- When people are enslaved, what key do they have to the
prison, according to M.Hamel?
A) their behaviour
B) power
C) aggressiveness
D) mother tongue
Q25- What did Franz notice that was unusual that day?
A) strange quiteness
B) soldiers in the school
C) crowd
D) all of these
Q26- What had been put up on the Bulletin Board that day?
A) Teach only French
B) Speak only English
C) Teach only German
D) Teach all these
Q27- What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that
day?
A) hustle-bustle
B) people were happy
C) teachers were sad
D) strange quiteness and sadness
Q28- What changed Franz's feelings about M.Hamel and school?
A) Police Patrolling
B) Orders from Berlin
C) Strict words from M. Hamel
D) old Primer
Q29- 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
Q30- Expression 'Thunder Clap" in the lesson means _______.
A) loud but not clear
B) loud and clear
C) startling and unexpected
D) unpleasant
Q31- 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
Q32 "The Last Lesson" story was written in which year?
A) 1869 - 1870
B) 1870 - 1871
C) 1872- 1873
D) 1870 - 1872
Q33- Don't go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time
means ___
A) getting late
B) very early
C) not early
D) early enough
Q34- What was there in front of the Bulletin Board?
A) children
B) police
C) hawkers
D) a crowd
Q35- What bad news used to come from the Bulletin Board?
A) lost battles
B) the draft
C) orders of commanding officers
D) All three
Q36- What did Franz find on reaching the school?
A) scoldings
B) shouting children
C) noise
D) strange quiteness
Q37- what does the expression "in great dread of scolding" mean?
A) scared of scolding
B) very badly scared of scolding
C) in the pursuit of
D) None of these
Q38- Why Franz was shocked to see M. Hamel?
A) Because of his casual dress
B) because he gave sweets
C) because he had a flower in his hand
D) all
Q 39- What attitude of M.Hamel surprised Franz?
A) soft and kind
B) rude
C) firm and strict
D) all
Q40- Who was M.Hamel?
A) a spy
B) language teacher
C) soldier
D) School Principal
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
(A) Whenever I looked up from my writing, I saw M. Hamel sitting motionless in his chair and gazing first at one thing,
then at another, as if he wanted to fix in his mind just how everything looked in that little school-room. Fancy! For
forty years he had been there in the same place, with his garden outside the window and his class in front of him, just
like that. Only the desks and benches had been worn smooth; the walnut-trees in the garden were taller, and the
hopvine that he had planted himself twined about the windows to the roof. How it must have broken his heart to
leave it all, poor man; to hear his sister moving about in the room above, packing their trunks! For they must leave the
country next day.
(i) "For they must leave the country next day." Who does 'they' stand for?
(a) the students
(b) the Germans
(c) M. Hamel and his family
(d) Franz and his family
(ii) What is the figure of speech used in the sentence "Fancy! For forty years he had been there in the same place..."?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Personification
(c) Simile
(d) Synecdoche
(iii) Choose the term that best matches the phrase 'sitting motionless'.
(a) Floating
(b) Stationary
(c) Gazing
(d) Twined
(iv) Give the most appropriate reason why M. Hamel was "gazing first at one thing, then at another"?
(a) He was concerned about the garden.
(b) He wanted to register how his classroom looked like.
(c) He couldn't speak much and could only look.
(d) He was upset and tired.
(B) M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles, and I did not know the first word about them. For a
moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so warm, so bright! The birds were
chirping at the edge of the woods; and in the open field back of the sawmill the Prussian soldiers were drilling.
(i) The phrase "So warm, so bright" refers to the feeling of
(a) Mr Hamel.
(b) the soldiers.
(c) Franz.
(d) The villagers.
(ii) Identify why Franz thought "running away and spending the day outdoors."
(a) Birds were chirping.
(b) He was not prepared for the lesson.
(c) Weather was warm and bright.
(d) All of the above
(iii) Choose the term which best matches the statement "The birds were chirping at the edge of the woods."
(a) He ran away from school.
(b) Enjoying the beauty of nature
(c) Not willing to go to school
(d) Observing the drill of the Prussian soldiers
(C) Usually, when school began, there was a great bustle, which could be heard out in the street, the opening and
closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison, very loud, with our hands over our ears to understand better, and the
teacher's great ruler rapping on the table. But now it was all so still! I had counted on the commotion to get to my
desk without being seen; but, of course, that day everything had to be as quiet as Sunday morning. Through the
window I saw my classmates, already in their places, and M. Hamel walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler
under his arm. I had to open the door and go in before everybody. You can imagine how I blushed and how frightened
I was.
(I) Choose the option that best demonstrates the relevant traits of Franz based on the extract provided.
(a) dutiful and responsible
(b) reddened and afraid
(c) disciplined and intelligent
(d) careless but disciplined
(ii) The expression "to get to my desk without being seen" means that Franz
(a) didn't want to get noticed.
(b) didn't want to see his teacher.
(c) didn't want to go to his desk.
(d) was walking fast to get to his seat.
(iii) The phrase 'teacher's great ruler' indicated Franz was feeling. Pick the option that correctly states these
conditions.
I. approval
2. terror
3. ignorance
4. devoted
5. surprised
6. scared
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 6
(d) 4 and 5
(iv) The phrase 'great bustle' reveals
(a) the location of the school is in a noisy, crowded place.
(b) that a huge crowd is gathered.
(c) obtrusive activities outside.
(d) the disapproval for the entry to school.
(D) Besides, the whole school seemed so strange and solemn. But the thing that surprised me most was to see, on the
back benches that were always empty, the village people sitting quietly like ourselves; old Hauser, with his three-
cornered hat, the former mayor, the former postmaster, and several others besides.
(i) The underlying mood of the above paragraph is
(a) sombre.
(b) confusing.
(c) threatening.
(d) ominous.
(ii) "But the thing that surprised me most..." Franz was surprised to see
(a) the villagers who wanted to give M. Hamel a tribute for his forty years of service.
(b) the villagers who wanted to help M. Hamel on the last day of school.
(c) the villagers who wanted to see what the children were taught in the school.
(d) the villagers who wanted to revise all that they had learnt earlier.
(iii) Choose the word which best describes the atmosphere like in the classroom.
(a) Bustling
(b) Busy
(c) Happy
(d) Quiet
(iv) "...the whole school seemed so strange and solemn." The reason behind it was
(a) he could hear the sound of M. Hamel's ruler.
(b) everyone was busy fishing.
(c) M. Hamel was wearing his special clothes.
(d) no one was studying that day.
(E) "But now it was all so still! I had counted on the commotion to get to my desk without being seen; but, of course,
that day, everything had to be as quiet as Sunday morning. Through the window, I saw my classmates, already in their
places, and M. Hamel walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm."
(i) There was a lot of stillness all around because
(a) everyone was meditating.
(b) everyone was thinking about the Germans.
(c) everyone was shocked to hear the news about the French language being discontinued.
(d) everyone was scared of M. Hamel.
(ii) What does the word 'commotion' in the above lines refer to?
(a) the noise of the students talking.
(b) the opening and closing of desks and the sound of M. Hamel's ruler rapping on the table.
(c) the sound of the pigeons.
(d) the sound of the drilling of the German soldiers.
(iii) What did Franz hope to do because of the 'commotion'?
(a) to get to his desk without being noticed
(b) to talk to his friends
(c) to discuss some prank
(d) to go back home without being seen
(iv) What made M. Hamel walking up and down with his ruler?
(a) He was tired of sitting.
(b) He was thinking of the way to defeat the Germans.
(c) He was disturbed at the order of discontinuation of the French language.
(d) He was waiting for the day to get over.
(F) What a thunderclap these words were to me! Oh, the wretches; that was what they had put up at the town-hall!
My last French lesson! Why, I hardly knew how to write! I should never learn any more! I must stop there, then! Oh,
how sorry I was for not learning my lessons, for seeking birds' eggs, or going sliding on the Saar! My books, that had
seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar, and my history of the saints, were old friends
now that I couldn't give up. And M. Hamel, too; the idea that he was going away, that I should never see him again,
made me forget all about his ruler and how cranky he was.
(i) The phrase "seemed such a nuisance" refers to books that seemed
(a) nonsense.
(b) an inconvenience.
(c) very heavy.
(d) rubbish.
(ii) Identify the figure of speech in the sentence, "What a thunderclap these words were to me!"
(a) hyperbole
(b) onomatopoeia
(c) oxymoron
(d) metaphor
(iii) Choose the term which best matches the statement, "Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons..."
(a) obligation
(b) regret
(c) guilt
(d) diligence
(iv) What does the expression 'were old friends now that I couldn't give up' mean?
(a) The books suddenly seemed very dear to Franz and he did not want to let go of them.
(b) M. Hamel and the classmates seemed very dear to Franz and he did not let go of them.
(c) Franz did not want to let go of the friends he had made in his French lessons.
(d) The French language suddenly seemed very dear to Franz and he did not want to let go of it.
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