Test: Last Lesson

The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?

• Male Chauvinism

• Procrastination

• Courage

• Cowardice

"What a thunderclap these words were to me". What is so special about those words?

• a) Those words criticized Franz and others for not learning the French language.

• b) Those words were connected with German aggression

• c)Those words were related to the learning of the French language

• d) Those words informed them about the last French lesson.

The word "Saar" in the text refers to .....................

• a) Saar Dynasty

• b) The French landscape

• c) A River

• d) The most famous Lake in France

Seeing old Houser crying, they all wanted to cry and laugh because.......

• a) He kept an ugly expression.

• b) He recited the lesson like small kids.

• c) He looked very funny when he wore his spectacles.

• d) He not only chanted the letters with all the kids so seriously but also showed a lot of emotions.

What does the expression "in great dread of scolding" mean?

• to be happy about it

• very badly scared of scolding

• to be indifferent

• to be calm and composed

Choose the option that most appropriately fills in the blanks, for the following description of the given extract.

The villagers and their children sat in class, forging with their old master a (i) _____ togetherness. In that moment, the class room stood (ii) _____. It was France itself, and the last French lesson a desperate hope to (iii) ______ to the remnants of what they had known and taken for granted. Their own (iv) _______.

• (i) graceful; (ii) still; (iii) hang on; (iv) country

• (i) bygone; (ii) up; (iii) keep on; (iv) education

• (i) beautiful; (ii) mesmerised; (iii) carry on; (iv) unity

• (i) forgotten; (ii) transformed; (iii) hold on; (iv) identity

The expression 'thunder Clap" in the lesson means _______.

• loud but not clear

• loud and clear

• startling and unexpected

• unpleasant

Why did the villagers attend the last lesson?

• To pay tribute to M.Hamel and their nation

• To pay tribute to Alsace and Lorraine

• To gather knowledge

• To learn French

The value that prevented Franz from bunking the school is-

• The will to learn

• Punctuality

• Will to learn

• Will to resist

Whom did M. Hamel blame for the poor condition of French language?

• Himself

• Students

• Parents and people of Alsace

• All of the above