MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 1 The Last Lesson with Answers
Question 1.
Franz looked for opportunities to skip school to do what?
(a) work on mills
(b) go fishing
(c) water the plants
(d) collect birds eggs
Answer
Answer: (d) collect birds eggs
Question 2.
What was Franz banking on to enter the class as he was late?
(a) M.Hamel’s teaching on the blackboard
(b) commotion in the class
(c) Hauser helping him sneak in
(d) to quietly walk in when everyone was preoccupied with participles
Answer
Answer: (b) commotion in the class
Question 3.
M. Hamel is introduced as a ruler-wielding teacher. This demonstrates that:
(a) he is concerned.
(b) he is adamant.
(c) he is unfeeling.
(d) he is a hard taskmaster.
Answer
Answer: (d) he is a hard taskmaster.
Question 4.
Franz thinks- will they make them sing in German- even the pigeons? What could this mean?
(a) German would use brutal force over everyone
(b) harsh orders will be passed
(c) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.
(d) the Germans will rob France of its language.
Answer
Answer: (c) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.
Question 5.
What does M. Hamel’s motionless posture reflect?
(a) the school is dismissed
(b) sense of finality
(c) changing order of life
(d) feeling of nostalgia
Answer
Answer: (b) sense of finality
Question 6.
What is the moral that the Alphonse Daudet wants to bring out?
(a) not to put off things that one can do that day
(b) old order changed to new
(c) one should accept everything that happens
(d) teachers should be respected
Answer
Answer: (a) not to put off things that one can do that day
Question 7.
Why did Hamel blame himself?
(a) not having taught them enough French
(b) not being strict
(c) giving students a holiday at times
(d) not being responsible
Answer
Answer: (c) giving students a holiday at times
Question 8.
Who sat on the back bench on the last lesson?
(a) Franz
(b) Prussians
(c) the village people
(d) The new teacher
Answer
Answer: (c) the village people
Question 9.
What was M. Hamel going to question Franz about?
(a) participles
(b) adjectives
(c) old primer
(d) Ba be bi bo bu
Answer
Answer: (a) participles
Question 10.
For the last two years, where did all the bad news come from?
(a) the Bulletin Board
(b) Town Hall
(c) school
(d) M. Hamel’s House
Answer
Answer: (a) the Bulletin Board
Question 11.
Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time means ___
(a) getting late
(b) very early
(c) not early
(d) early enough
Answer
Answer: (d) early enough
Question 12.
What did Mr. Hamel bring for his class on his last day in the school?
(a) new pens
(b) new notebooks
(c) sweets
(d) story books
Answer
Answer: (b) new notebooks
Question 13.
What was Franz expected to be prepared for at school that day?
(a) song
(b) dance
(c) essay writing
(d) Participles
Answer
Answer: (d) Participles
Question 14.
Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school?
(a) to complain
(b) to say goodbye
(c) to gossip
(d) to show gratitude
Answer
Answer: (d) to show gratitude
Question 15.
Why was Franz surprised?
(a) Because of village elders
(b) Because of police patrolling
(c) because of students’ behavior
(d) because of M.Hamel’s kind and polite behaviour
Answer
Answer: (d) because of M.Hamel’s kind and polite behaviour
Question 16.
What did Franz find on reaching the school?
(a) People were dancing
(b) school was closed
(c) Police patrolling
(d) strange quietness
Answer
Answer: (d) strange quietness
Question 17.
The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?
(a) Male Chauvinism
(b) Procrastination
(c) Courage
(d) Cowardice
Answer
Answer: (b) Procrastination
Question 18.
`Who is the author of The Last Lesson?
(a) Jane Austen
(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) None
(d) Alphonse Daudet
Answer
Answer: (d) Alphonse Daudet