The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet: MCQs
Q1. Who is the writer of ‘The Last Lesson’?
Options:
1.
Anees Jung
2.
Alphonse Daudet
3.
Selma Lagerlof
4.
William Douglas
Q2. Fill in the blank given in the following line of the text:
The Last Lesson is set in the days of……………………….
Options:
Thirty-Year War
Trojan War
Franco-Prussian War
First World War
Q3. Fill in the blank given in the following line of the text:
“At that time, Prussia consisted of what now are the nations of
………………………….”
Options:
England, Germany, Poland, and parts of
Austria.
Germany, Poland, and parts of Austria.
Russia, Germany, Poland, and parts of
Austria.
Australia, Germany, Poland, and parts
of Austria.
Q4. In that war, which two districts of France had passed into
Prussian hands?
Options:
Alsace,
Champagne
Paris and Alsace
Brittany
and Corsica
Alsace
and Lorraine
Q5. Who thought of running away and spending the day out of doors
in this lesson?
Options:
Lorenzo
Franz
Ferdinand
McFlecknoe
Q6. Why did Franz want to stay away from school that day?
Options:
…because the weather was so warm
…because he was afraid of punishment
for not doing his homework
….because he had already made a
programme with his friends to go to the river Saar
Q7. Who were drilling in the open ground at the back of the
sawmill?
Options;
The Prussian Soldiers
The Russian Soldiers
The French Soldiers
None of the above
Q8. What homework did Franz had not learned?
Options:
Rules about Narration
Rules about Passive Construction
Rules about Participles
Rules about Prepositions
Q9. Fill in the blank given below in the line of the text:
For the last ……….years all our bad news had come from there
Options:
1.
Two
2.
Three
3.
Four
4.
Five
Q10. What was the name of the blacksmith, who made a comment on
Franz when the latter was going to his school?
Options:
Wachter
Taplow
Walter
Warran
Q11. What is the name of the teacher in the lesson “The Last
Lesson’?
Options:
1.
N. Hamel
2.
M. Hamel
3.
S. Hamel
4.
L. Hamel
Q12. On which days/day was M. Hamel habitual of wearing his
special dress?
Options:
1.
On Sundays and Holidays
2.
On inspection and prize days
3.
On Christmas Eve
4.
None of the above
Q13. “What was the thing that surprised me most….”
Who is ‘me’ in the above line taken from the text of the lesson
‘The Last Lesson’
Options:
1.
Wachter
2.
Franz
3.
M. Hamel
4.
One of Franz’s friends
Q14. Who said the following line:
“Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of
time!”
Options:
1.
Franz
2.
M. Hamel
3.
One of Franz’ friends
4.
Wachter
Q15. Find out the correct options from the given four below to
provide the correct meaning of the underlined word in the following line of the
text:
“Usually, when school began, there was a great bustle ,
which could be heard out in the street,…”
Options:
1.
Scene
2.
Silence
3.
Quarrel
4.
Activity
Q16. Find out the correct
options from the given four below to provide the correct meaning of the
underlined word in the following line of the text:
“You can imagine how I blushed and how frightened I was…”
Options:
1.
…when face become pink/ reddish
2.
…when the face become red in anger
3.
…when the face becomes twisted in disgust
4.
…when the face becomes green with jealousy
Q17. What type of a cap had the teacher M. Hamel put on his head?
Options:
1.
…a black silk cap
2.
…a yellow silk cap
3.
…a green silk cap
4.
…a white silk cap
Q18. Franz said: “But the thing that surprised me most was…………….”
What was the thing that surprised him most?
Options:
1.
…that all the students had also worn green
dresses
2.
…that some students stood on their benches
3.
…that some village people were also sitting on
there in the class
Q19. On which benches were the village people sitting?
Options:
1.
On the backbenches
2.
On the front benches
3.
On the third and fourth benches
4.
On the second bench only
Q20. What was the name of the villager, who was sitting with “with his three-cornered hat”?
Options:
1.
Old Hauser
2.
The Mayor
3.
The former Postmaster
4.
None of the above
Q21. Wherefrom did the orders to teach
German in place of French come?
Options:
1.
Berlin
2.
Paris
3.
Munich
4.
Frankfurt
Q22. Find out the correct options from
the given four below to provide the correct meaning of the underlined word in
the following line of the text:
“What a thunderclap (single loud
sound of a thunder) these words were to me!...”
Options:
1.
A big applause by the
clapping of hands
2.
A big bang at the door of the
classroom
3.
A single loud sound of a
thunder
4.
The flash of lightning of the
clouds
Q23. “Oh, the wretches (the people
whom you hate); that was what they had put up at the town hall!...”
What does the underlined word ‘wretches’
symbolise here in the above line of the text?
Options:
1.
The people whom you
appreciate
2.
The people whom you hate and
dislike
3.
The people who are your
guests
4.
The people who are your
friends
Q24. What was the colour of the coat that
was worn by M. Hamel, the teacher?
Options:
1.
Green
2.
Blue
3.
Red
4.
Black
Q25. There is a word ‘Saar’ used in the text of the lesson ‘The Last Lesson'.
Find from the following options the correct word for which this word has been
used.
Options:
1.
A bird
2.
An animal
3.
A river
4.
A person
Q26. What things seemed: nuisance and so heavy” to Franz a few minutes before the teacher began his lesson?
Options:
1.
His own clothes
2.
His own books
3.
His own toys
4.
His own hats
Q27. Why did the village people come to
sit in the class taken by M. Hamel?
Options:
1.
To thank M. Hamel for his
service
2.
To have a delicious lunch
with him
3.
To go fishing with him
4.
To play golf with him
Q28. For how many years did M. Hamel
serve in his school?
Options:
1.
For 30 years
2.
For 40 years
3.
For 20 years
4.
For 45 years
Q29. When M. Hamel asked Franz to recite
the rules of participles, what was his response in the class?
Options:
1.
He did not speak anything.
2.
He started singing a song in
the praise of his country.
3.
He mixed up on the first
words.
4.
He started weeping out of
fear.
Q30. Which language for teaching the
students of the French districts of Alsace and Lorraine was forced upon them by
the enemy commander?
Options:
1.
English
2.
German
3.
Spanish
4.
Russian
Q31.
Read the following line taken from the text of a lesson from the book
Flamingo and find out the correct meaning of the underlined word by selecting
the right options given just after the line.
“But you are not the worst, poor little
Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ……….. ourselves with. “Your
parents were not anxious enough to have you learn…”
Options:
1.
Suggest
2.
Humiliate
3.
Blame
4.
Chide
Q32. In his last lesson, the teacher, M.
Hamel appreciated a language. Which is that language?
Options:
1.
German
2.
French
3.
Latin
4.
English
Q33. While
appreciating the French language, M. Hamel called it ………………………….
Options:
1.
…the most beautiful language
in the world
2.
…the most complicated
language in the world
3.
…the most harsh language in
the world
4.
…the sweetest language in
the world.
Q34. “That
day M. Hamel had new copies for us, written in a beautiful round hand: France,
Alsace, France, Alsace…”
What did the
words ‘France, Alsace, France, Alsace’ look to Franz?
Options:
1.
Like little flags
2.
Like little butterflies
3.
Like bees
4.
Like small coloured papers
Q35. What
was M. Hamel’s sister doing in the room above the classroom?
Options:
1.
Preparing lunch
2.
Washing clothes
3.
Sleeping
4.
Packing their trunks
Q36. What is
‘Angelus’ in the following extract of the text?
Then the Angelus. At the same moment the
trumpets of the Prussians, returning from a drill, sounded under our windows.
1.
…ringing of the Church bells
announcing the prayer
2.
…orders for the soldiers to
return to their barracks
3.
…announcement that the class
was over
4.
None of the above
Q37.What did the teacher M. Hamel write
on the blackboard just a few seconds before he announced the dispersal of the
class?
Options:
1.
Vive La France!
2.
Vi Lov France!
3.
Ve le France!
4.
Viv La France!
Q38. What does the phrase “Vive La
France!” mean?
Options:
1.
We love France
2.
Long Live France
3.
We worship France
4.
None of the above
