- What did Franz think ‘for a moment’?
ans: Franz thought of running away and spending the glorious day outdoors in a more pleasurable manner.
2. What was written in the new copies brought by Hamel for the students?
Ans: In the new copies brought by M. Hamel there was written ‘ Vive La France’ in beautiful round hand.
3. ‘ I started for school very late that morning. Who is the ‘I’ here?
Ans: Here ‘I’ refers to Franz a student.
4. What did Franz think for a mo-ment?
Ans: Franz thought for a moment to run away and spending the day out doors Without going to school.
5. What is the name of the balcksmith mentioned in ‘ The last lesson’?
Ans: The name of the balcksmith mentioned in ‘ The Lest Lesson’ is Wachter.
6. What is the name of the river mentioned in ‘ The Last Lesson’?
Ans: The name of the river mentioned in ‘The Last Lesson’ is Saar.
7. How long did the Teacher M. Hamel teach in the school?
Ans: The teacher M Hamel taught in the school for forty years.
8. What did M. Hamel want to give his students before leaving the school?
Ans: M. Hamel wanted to put all the knowledge that he knew into the head of the students at one stroke.
9. What di M.Hamel do when he wanted to go fishing?
Ans: M.Hamel just gave his students also a holiday.
10. What dose the phrase ‘ Vive La France’ mean?
Ans: The phrase ‘ Vive La France’ means ‘long live France’.
11. What did M. Hamel do when he went for fishing?
Ans: M.Hamel just gave a holiday to the students when he went for fishing.
12. What did M.Hamel write on the back-board just before the school was dismissed on the day of the last lesson ?
Ans: just before the school was dismissed M. Hamel took a chalk in his hand bearing it with all his might, wrote ‘ Vive la France’ on the black- board.
13. Why was the lesson called ‘The last Lesson’?
Ans: It was called ‘ The Last lesson’ because an order had come from B erlin that only German, not French, would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine from the next day.
14.Why did Wachter, the blacksmith, tell Franz not to hurry to school?
Ans: Becasue he thought that Franz had plenty of time to reach school.
15.What was M. Hamel’s opinion on the French Language?
Ans: M. Hamel’s opinion on the French language was that French was the most clear, most beautiful and most logical language of the word.
16. What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
And: Franz was expected to prepared a les-son on PARTICILPLE. His teacher M. Hamel said that he would question the students on participle that day. But little Franz did not read even the first word about them.
17. What had been put up on the bulletin-board? .
Ans: All the official orders and news were put up on the bulletin-board. For the last two years such bad news as lost battles, the draft, the order of the commanding officers were put up on the bulletin-board. The latest was about introducing German language in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
18. What did Franz notice that was UNSUAL about the school that day ?
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Give a detailed account of the scene in the classroom on the day of the last les-son.
Ans: Franz noticed something UNSUAL about the school that day. He saw that the school was as quiet as a Sunday morning. The Stu-dents were sitting quietly in their seats. The teacher M. Hamel wore special dress. Be-sides, some village people had come to the school and were sitting at the back benches like the students.
19.What change did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
Ans: An order came from Berlin that only German, not French, would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. This order caused a GREAR dismay in the school that day. M. Hamel was disappointed. The students were sorry and upset.
20. Why did M. Hamel not blame Franz alone for his inability to learn?
Ans: Along With Franz his parents and even his teacher were responsible for Franz’s in-ability to learn. So M. Hamel did not blame Franz alone for his inability to learn.
21. Who were responsible for the Stu-dents’ inability to read and write their own language correctly?
Ans: According to M. Hamel the following people were responsible for the students’ inability to read and write their language correctly as:
First, the parents of the students were not ENXIOUS to have their children learn more. they preferred their children to work in the farm or in the mills to earn some EXTRA money.
Secondly, the teacher himself was responsible BECUSE he just gave a holiday when he went for fishing and he sometimes put the students to water his flower plants instead of making them learn their lessons.
22.Why did Franz want to spend his day out of doors?
Ans Franz was in a great dread of being scolded by M. Hamel because he did not read even the fist word about participles. So he wanted to spend the day out of doors that day to scot free of the punishment.
23. Who is the author of ‘The Last Lesson’?
Ans: Alphonse Daudet is the author of ‘The Last Lesson’.
24. What is the name of the blacksmith in ‘the Last Lesson?
Ans: The name of the blacksmith is Wachter.
25. What is the great trouble with Alsace?
Ans: The great trouble with Alsace is that the province has been conquered by The German who puts off the learning of the French language and culture in the schools of Alsace.
26. ‘ Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?’ What does these sentence suggest?
Ans: The quoted expression suggests that the Germans were very harsh to the inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine. They took away the rights of the children of Alsace to learning their mother tongue. Even little Franz thought that they might make the PIEGONS lose THIER natural tongue. It suggests the cruelty of the Germans as rulers.