This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Common Subjects > English Flamingo > Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was M. Hamel going to question Franz about? A) Adjectives. B) Old primer. C) Ba be bi bo bu. D) Participles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participles. 2. Which of these countries was not included in Prussia? A) Germany. B) Italy. C) Poland. D) Some parts of Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 3. What did the bulletin-board usually display? A) School holidays. B) Prizes. C) New teachers. D) Orders from Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orders from Berlin. 4. What is the meaning of linguistic chauvinism? A) An idea that one's religion is superior to that of another. B) An idea that one's race is superior to that of another. C) An idea that one's culture is superior to that of another. D) An idea that one's language is superior to that of another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An idea that one's language is superior to that of another. 5. Franz was able to understand the grammar lesson easily because he was A) Competitive. B) Introspective. C) Appreciative. D) Receptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Receptive. 6. Franz was not scolded that day because- A) M. Hamel had changed. B) It was the last lesson. C) It was a Sunday. D) He was in a happy mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the last lesson. 7. WHAT WAS TEACHERS NAME? A) H HAMEL. B) K HAMEL. C) P HAMEL. D) M HAMEL. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M HAMEL. 8. Who was with the blacksmith? A) An apprentice. B) Someone reading the news. C) Franz. D) Another blacksmith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An apprentice. 9. Why was M. Hamel sitting motionless in his chair and gazing at everything? A) He had never seen those things before. B) He had nothing else to do. C) He wanted to fix in his mind just how everything looked before he left the school. D) He was observing the new changes that had taken place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to fix in his mind just how everything looked before he left the school. 10. What was the image of M.Hamel among his students initially? A) An understanding teacher. B) A kind and humble teacher. C) A strict teacher. D) A loving teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A strict teacher. 11. Which of the following can be attributed to M. Hamel's declaration about the French language? A) Patriotic magnification. B) Subject expertise. C) Factual accuracy. D) Nostalgic pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patriotic magnification. 12. The story takes place against the backdrop of the: A) Alsace-Prussian war. B) Franco-German war. C) Invasion of Alsace and Lorraine by Netherlands. D) Franco-Prussian war. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franco-Prussian war. 13. Old Hauser carried A) Primer. B) Bible. C) Newspaper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primer. 14. What, respectively, were the standard issue French and German infantry rifles? A) The Chassepot and the Dreyse. B) The Danglars and the Mauser. C) The Martini-Henry and the Luger. D) The Remington and the Krupp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Chassepot and the Dreyse. 15. Which of the following is not mentioned as the bad news received from the bulletin board? A) The lost battles. B) The draft. C) The orders of the commanding officer. D) Teaching of French in Alsace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teaching of French in Alsace. 16. The story 'The Last Lesson' highlights which human tendency? A) Cowardice. B) Male Chauvinism. C) Courage. D) Procrastination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Procrastination. 17. When would M. Hamel normally put on his beautiful green coat? A) On inspection and prize days. B) On his birthdays only. C) Every day while teaching the students. D) When the German Commanders wanted to meet him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On inspection and prize days. 18. Franz was feeling regret when he realized that it is his last French lesson. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which words best describe M. Hamel's feelings on the last day? A) Angry and rude. B) Sad and emotional. C) Careless and happy. D) Excited and playful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad and emotional. 20. Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school? A) To show gratitude. B) To say goodbye. C) To gossip. D) To complain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show gratitude. 21. Who occupied the last benches? A) Class monitors. B) Other teachers. C) Weak students. D) Village elders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Village elders. 22. What is the meaning of '' in great dread of ''? A) Fearful. B) Depend. C) Find out. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fearful. 23. Among the villagers sitting in the class, who was carrying the old primer? A) The former mayor. B) The postmaster. C) Old Hauser. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old Hauser. 24. What happened when Franz reached school? A) Prussian soldiers were marching. B) There was a great bustle and very loud noise. C) It was as quiet as Sunday morning. D) School didn't open that day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was as quiet as Sunday morning. 25. Why were the villagers sitting on the last benches of the class. A) To pay tribute to M. Hamel and express their solidarity. B) To learn the lesson on Participle presented by M. Hamel. C) To attend the PTM of their children. D) To convey the message of Prussian's victory over France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pay tribute to M. Hamel and express their solidarity. 26. Who asked Franz not to hurry to school? A) M. Hamel. B) Old Hauser. C) Old Mayor. D) Blacksmith Watcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blacksmith Watcher. 27. To which city did the French provisional government flee in order to avoid being trapped in Paris by the German army? A) Marseilles. B) Brest. C) Cherbourg. D) Tours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tours. 28. Franz's attitude towards French before the last lesson was- A) He was proud of it. B) He loved learning it. C) He found it boring. D) He was an expert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He found it boring. 29. Before taking his last class, Mr. Hamel distributed A) Notebook to each person scribbled with French words. B) Pen and notebooks. C) French flags and pens. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Notebook to each person scribbled with French words. 30. What was unusual about M. Hamel's attire that day? A) He was wearing traditional French clothes. B) He was wearing a brand new outfit. C) He was wearing clothes he wore on prize days. D) He was wearing clean clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was wearing clothes he wore on prize days. 31. Unreasonable or overt preference for one language over other is called? A) Linguistic Diversity. B) Lingua Franca. C) Linguistic Chauvinism. D) Linguistic Minority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linguistic Chauvinism. 32. How did "the trumpets of the Prussians, returning from drill, affect the class? A) Humour. B) Delighted. C) Interested. D) Patriotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patriotism. 33. But I got mixed up on the first words and stood there, holding on to my desk, my heart beating, and not daring to look up. What followed this? A) "My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you.". B) "Go to your place quickly, little Franz. We were beginning without you.". C) "I won't scold you, little Franz; you must feel bad enough.". D) "You'll get to your school in plenty of time!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I won't scold you, little Franz; you must feel bad enough.". 34. Which of following phrase celebrates the pride and achievements of a nation? A) I never saw him so tall. B) Vive La France. C) Trumpets of the Prussians. D) It is most beautiful language in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vive La France. 35. What do the marching soldiers represent? A) The dawn of Prussia in defeat of French. B) The victory of French. C) The defeat of Prussians. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dawn of Prussia in defeat of French. 36. The story is about A) Franco-Russian war. B) Franco-Prussian war. C) Franco-German war. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franco-Prussian war. 37. While the causes of the war are many and complicated, the immediate cause arose when the crown of a European nation was offered to Prince Leopold von Hohenzollern, a member of the Prussian royal family. Which nation made this offer? A) Sweden. B) Spain. C) Portugal. D) Belgium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain. 38. Following its defeat at the battle of Gravelotte, and hence its failure to break out towards Verdun, the French Army of the Rhine was compelled to fall back on which of the following cities? A) Sedan. B) Amiens. C) Strasbourg. D) Metz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metz. 39. "What a thunderclap these words were to me!" What is the literary device employed here? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 40. In a rare French victory, what French city which had earlier been captured by the Germans was recaptured on 9 November 1870? A) Orleans. B) Amiens. C) Metz. D) Strasbourg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orleans. 41. Choose the term that best explains the statement, "All at once the church clock struck twelve. Then the Angelus" A) Church bells announcing the arrival of Prussian soldiers. B) It was time to close the church service. C) Roman Catholic church prayer time. D) Time to ask the students to pray for M. Hamel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roman Catholic church prayer time. 42. Which battle of the Franco-Prussian War is notable for containing the last major cavalry charge in Western Europe? A) Mars-la-Tour. B) Spicheren. C) Sadowa. D) Worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mars-la-Tour. 43. The theme of the story is based on A) Miseries of war. B) Destruction of men and prosperity. C) Language chauvinism. D) Dictatorship vs democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language chauvinism. 44. "I was amazed to see how well I understood it." Select the option that does NOT explain why Franz found the grammar lesson "easy" . A) Franz was paying careful attention in class this time. B) M. Hamel was being extremely patient and calm in his teaching. C) Franz was inspired and had found a new meaning and purpose to learning. D) Franz had realized that French was the clearest and most logical language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franz had realized that French was the clearest and most logical language. 45. Two districts of France were overtaken by A) Poland. B) Prussia. C) Austria. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prussia. 46. " ..... and Hauser had brought an old primer, thumbed at the edges, and he held it open on his knees with his great spectacles lying across the pages." What could be the synonym of "thumbed at the edges" ? A) Dilapidated. B) In tact. C) Trim. D) Unblemished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dilapidated. 47. Who said "Don't go so fast, bub; you'll get to your school in plenty of time!" ? A) Franz. B) M.Hamel. C) Villagers. D) Blacksmith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blacksmith. 48. Who is protagonist of the chapter 'The Last lesson'? A) Alphonse Daudet. B) M.Hamel. C) Franz. D) MS.Hamel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) M.Hamel. 49. Franz was scared to go to school because A) He had not learnt participles. B) He was never scared. C) He had forgotten to carry his notebook. D) His written work was incomplete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had not learnt participles. 50. The story of 'The Last Lesson' is set in the backdrop of ..... answer choices A) France-Britain war. B) Franco-Prussian War. C) World War-II. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franco-Prussian War. 51. What was the unusual thing that Franz noticed when he reached at the school? A) Everyone was reciting their lessons loudly. B) The teacher was rapping his ruler on the table. C) There was a lot of commotion. D) It was very calm and quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was very calm and quiet. 52. "Don't go so fast, bub; you'll get to your school in plenty of time!" Identify the tone and the speaker. A) Mocking, Watcher. B) Warning, Franz. C) Sarcastic, Hauser. D) Dramatic, M. Hamel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mocking, Watcher. 53. M. Hamel wrote on blackboard A) Miss you France. B) Goodbye France. C) Long live France. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long live France. 54. Who sat on the backbench on the last lesson? A) The village people. B) The new teacher. C) Prussians. D) Franz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The village people. 55. What did Franz notice that was special about M. Hamel that day? A) He was wearing clothes that he usually wore only on special days. B) He looked very angry. C) He had an iron ruler in his hand. D) He was not speaking at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was wearing clothes that he usually wore only on special days. 56. Who stopped him on the way to the school? A) An apprentice. B) A begger. C) A watchman. D) A blacksmith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A blacksmith. 57. Franz hadn't learnt the lesson on A) Participles. B) Preposition. C) Punctuation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participles. 58. What is the theme of the story, The Last Lesson? A) Universal Brotherhood. B) Feminism. C) Linguistic Chauvinism. D) Time Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linguistic Chauvinism. 59. Mr Hamel had been working as a French teacher for A) 15 years. B) 30 years. C) 40 years. D) 25 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40 years. 60. From where did the order came to teach only German? A) Germany. B) France. C) Berlin. D) Lorraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Berlin. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCommon Subjects QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson Quiz 1Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson Quiz 2Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson Quiz 4Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 4 The Rattrap QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 5 Indigo QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 6 Poets And Pancakes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books