QUEEN’S VALLEY SCHOOL

CLASS: XII
SECTION: ALL SECTIONS
SUBJECT: ENGLISH CORE
SESSION: 2022-23
THE LAST LESSON
-Alphonse Daudet
(Flamingo)
WORKSHEET - 1

1. Fill in the blanks using suitable words and phrases from the text, 'The Last Lesson.
i) The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of _________ and _________.
ii) Franz was afraid of going to school as he had not _______________________________________.
iii) Franz wants to enjoy _________________ but he ____________________.
iv) M. Hamel states that ____________________, __________________, and the _______________
are to be for blamed for _________________________________________________.
v) In M. Hamel’s opinion, French language was the most ____________________________________.

2. Choose the most appropriate option from the options given below for the questions that follow.
I. What happened when the church clock struck 12?
a) The villagers gathered near the bulletin board.
b) M. Hamel left the class and went fishing.
c) The Prussian army came to take over Alsace and Lorraine.
d) Franz reached the school.

II. What was Franz banking on to enter the class as he was late?
a) lesson in progress c) Hauser’s help
b) commotion in the class d) preoccupation with participles

III. M. Hamel is introduced as a ruler-wielding teacher. This demonstrates that he is __________.

a) concerned c) cruel
b) adamant d) a hard taskmaster

IV. What was put up at the town hall?

a) a notice stating that war was over
b) a notice stating that farmers would no longer work in the fields
c) a notice that Germany was defeated in the war
d) a notice that German would be taught in the schools rather than French

3. Answer the following questions in 30 – 40 words.

a) Bring out the gloomy atmosphere of M. Hamal’s last lesson.
b) How did Franz’s attitude towards his language undergo a sea change?
c) Why did Franz say "I never saw him look so tall"?
d) Explain:
i. ‘who worked right on tracing their fish hooks, as if that was French, too.’
ii. ‘they looked like little flags floating around in the room.’
iii. ‘When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their
prison’

4. Answer in120 – 150 words.

Though tempted by the bright day, Franz stated that he had ‘the strength to resist, and hurried off to school. As
the story progresses, the readers realize that Franz, M. Hamel, and the villagers would perhaps need the strength
to resist much larger forces. Discuss how the text provides strategies for resistance and protection of one’s
identity and community through its events and characters.

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