LEVEL 1
Question : Who is the author of The Last Lesson?
(a) Jane Austen
(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) None
(d) Alphonse Daudet
(d) Alphonse Daudet
Question : Alphonse Daudet was from which country?
(a) India
(b) France
(c) England
(d) New Zealand
(b) France
Question : 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
(d) lesson on participles was not prepared
Question : What did Franz find on reaching the school?
(a) People were dancing
(b) strange people
(c) Police patrolling
(d) strange quietness
(d) strange quietness
Question : Where did the parents send their children?
(a) school
(b) coaching
(c) farms and mills
(d) movies
(c) farms and mills
Question : What do the effects this story speaks about?
(a) Power
(b)Money
(c)Transition
(d) people
(c)Transition
Question : The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?
(a) Male Chauvinism
(b) Procrastination
(c) Courage
(d) Cowardice
(b) Procrastination
Question : What did Hauser bring?
(a) sweets
(b) children
(c) friends
(d) old Primer
(d) old Primer
Question : 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
(d) because of M.Hamel's kind and polite behaviour
Question : 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
(d) mother tongue
Question : 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
(b) The defeat of Prussia
Question : Whom did M.Hamel blame for not sending students to school?
(a) Parents
(b) friends
(c) teachers
(d) watchman
(a) Parents
Question : 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
(d) for not learning his mother tongue
Question : Expression 'Thunder Clap" in the lesson means _______.
(a) loud but not clear
(b) loud and clear
(c) startling and unexpected
(d) unpleasant
(c) startling and unexpected
Question : 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
(b) very badly scared of scolding
Question : What made Franz forget M.Hamel's ruler and crankiness?
(a) Police Patrolling
(b) Strange Question : uietness
(c) Bustle on the streets
(d) The idea of his going away
(d) The idea of his going away
Question : What does The Last Lesson signify?
(a) Change of power
(b) change of Government
(c) change in life
(d) Change of teachers
(c) change in life
Question : 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
(b) new notebooks
Question : Concluding his last lesson by writing ‘Vive La France!’ on the blackboard shows that M. Hamel:
(a) was overwhelmed with emotions.
(b) wanted to distract all attending class that day.
(c) was keen on not leaving the country.
(d) wanted to teach French participles through it.
(a) was overwhelmed with emotions.
Question : Pick the options which best suits to the reasons for which Franz did not want to go to school that day?
1. Franz wanted to enjoy the weather.
2. Franz had already been late for school.
3. Franz had not even prepared the topic of participles for which he was going to be tested that day.
4. Franz’s mother had asked him to bring some groceries from the market.
(a) 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
Question : For how many years did M. Hamel serve the school?
(a) 20 years
(b) 35 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 40 years
(d) 40 years
Question: What was Franz banking on to enter the class as he was late?
(a) M.Hamel’s teaching on the blackboard
(b) commotion in the class
(c) Hauser helping him sneak in
(d) to quietly walk in when everyone was preoccupied with participles
(b) commotion in the class
Question : 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) Because people were from France
(d) None of these
(a) Because it was the clearest and logical
Question: Franz thinks- will they make them sing in German- even the pigeons? What could this mean?
(a) German would use brutal force over everyone
(b) harsh orders will be passed
(c) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.
(d) the Germans will rob France of its language.
(c) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.
Question : "The Last Lesson" story was written in which year?
(a) 1869 - 1870
(b) 1870 - 1871
(c) 1872- 1873
(d) 1870 - 1872
(b) 1870 - 1871