THE LAST LESSON IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Short Questions
Q1: Why Franz was afraid of going to school that day? A: The teacher M. Hamel had asked students to prepare for a test on Participles and Franz even didn’t even know a single word of it so he was not feeling like to go to school that day. Also Franz was afraid of M Hamel’s cruel iron rule, which he usually kept under his arm and he was famous as very strict teacher. Q2: What unusual changes did Franz notice in school that day? A: As Franz entered in school he noticed the unusual silence as if it was a Sunday morning. No noise of lesson chanting, no noise of opening and closing of desk drawers. All students were already in class. Teacher was wearing the special fancy dress which he would usually wear only on special occasions like prize ceremonies etc. Q3: What was the notice from Berlin and how did it affect class? A: The notice, which was served from Berlin, was that no French language would be taught in schools of Alsace and Lorraine cities only German would be taught instead. So M. Hamel, the French teacher was asked to vacate the place for a new German teacher. The notice affected everyone badly. Everybody was repenting on wasting the time and not learnt the French. Q4: Describe the impact of notice on Franz, M. Hamel and senior villagers? A: The notice affected everybody deeply. Franz thought why he wasted his time on leisure activities instead of learning his own language. The books which would seem him as a burden now those books seemed to be old friends to him. H. Hamel was feeling guilty for sending his students for his personal tasks. Villagers were feeling guilty that why they did not send their children to study instead of sending them on the farm for earning money. Q5: Why did the feelings for M. Hamel were changed in Franz’s mind? A: The impact of notice and fact that the teacher would be going away forever and he will never be able to see him again in class made Franz’s feeling soften for him. Earlier Franz would feel fear from his teacher because of his cranky nature and his iron ruler but now all those feelings were totally vanished up for him. Q6: Why older villagers were presented in the class that day? A: The older villagers were presented in class as they were feeling sorry for not sending their children to study in school instead they sent them to the farms and mills to earn extra money. One more reason for their presence was that they wanted to pay their respect to the teacher who served them for forty years. Q7: How did Mr. M Hamel describe the French language? A: M. Hamel described French language as world’s most beautiful, clearest and logical language. He also told that the love with one’s own language can be proven as the key to the prison for the people who live in enslaved country. Q8: Write a brief character sketch of M. Hamel? A: M. Hamel was taken as a strict teacher. Students were afraid of his iron ruler. He was very sincere and dedicated teacher who served for forty long years in his service as a teacher to the village in Alsace City. When he got the notice to vacant his place to make the space for new German teacher. He was totally broken. He remained sad during his final class. This changed his behavior; he behaved rather very politely and patiently. When Franz was not able to say his lesson correctly instead of scolding him he just made him understand about the relevancy of learning the mother tongue. He preached everyone presented in the class about that important things should never been postponed. Time flies very fast. |
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