The Last Lesson | Class 12 CBSE | English | Important Questions

 The Last Lesson

Important Questions

Q1.Why wasn't Franz interested in going to school on the day of the last lesson? What was he more interested in?

Ans. There was a test of participles that day and Franz was not prepared. He was more interested in going after the birds eggs and watching the soldiers drill and the weather too was very pleasant.

Q2.What was Franz's opinion regarding the bulletin board? Who stopped him?  Why? 

OR What news was there on the bulletin board that day?

Ans. According to Franz the bulletin board was a source of bad news of lost battles and territories. Watcher the blacksmith stopped Franz. The news on the bulletin board was that they had lost two territories of Alsace and Lorraine and teaching of French had to be discontinued in schools.

Q3. What would help Franz in getting inside the class unnoticed? What used to be the usual scene in the classroom?

Ans. Franz thought that the usual noise in the classroom of the opening and closing of desks, the learning of lessons in unison and the rapping of the teacher's ruler on the desk would help him get inside without being noticed.

Q4. What things did Franz  notice in the classroom that day? How was the teachers attitude towards Franz  different that day? Who all did Franz recognize sitting on the back benches?

Ans. The atmosphere of the class that day was very quiet and grave. The teacher spoke very politely to Franz  and asked him to come inside.

He noticed that the teacher was wearing his special dress which only wore on important days. A green coat frilled shirt and black silk cap.
Franz recognised  old Hauser, the former mayor, the former postmaster and several others sitting on the back benches.

Q5. "What a thunderclap these words were to me!" – Which were the words that shocked and surprised Franz? What was the impact of the announcement? Why were the villagers seated on the back row?

Ans. The teacher announced that it was the last day of teaching French that day. They had lost the territories of Alsace and Lorraine and from the next day German teacher would come to teach German.  

Franz was shocked at the news and regretted missing his classes and going after birds eggs and on the slide and watching the soldiers drill and playing. Now he developed a liking for his teacher and his books.  

The villagers were seated on the back benches to give honour and respect to their language, their country and their teacher for his 40 years of dedicated service.

Q6.What did M Hamel say about the French language?

OR Why should the enslaved people guard their language?

Ans. M Hamel said that French was the most beautiful,clearest, easy and logical language and it was the key to their prison. It was their identity and they must never lose it.

Q7. Who did M Hamel blame  for Franz not knowing participles?

OR What should we all regret according to M Hamel .

Ans. First of all he blamed the people of France for their habit of postponing things to the next day. He blamed the parents for sending the children to the fields in order to earn more money. He also blamed himself for skipping classes when he went fishing and also so for sending his students to water his plants and missing their classes thereby.

Q8. What does Franz think about the cooing  of pigeons?

Ans. He thought that the Germans could not force the pigeons to go against their identity and coo in German. In a similar way by imposing German on the French people the Germans would not be able to snatch their identity and make them Germans.

Q9. How did the last lesson end?

Ans. Everybody was very emotional  that the last lesson had come to an end. The teacher was choked with emotion and could not say bye. He Just picked up the chalk and wrote  in large letters on the board ‘Viva le France'.