The Last Lesson MCQ Questions Class 12 Chapter 1

1. Who is the author of The Last Lesson?

(a) Jane Austen
(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) Alphonse Daudet
(d) None of these

2. Since 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

3. The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?

(a) Male Chauvinism
(b) Procrastination
(c) Courage
(d) Cowardice

4. 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

5. “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

6. What was M. Hamel going to question Franz about?

(a) participles
(b) adjectives
(c) Noun
(d) pronoun

7. What is the overall mood of the story?

(a) Joyful
(b) Melancholic
(c) Hopeful
(d) Suspenseful

8. Who sat on the backbench in the last lesson?

(a) Franz
(b) Prussians
(c) The village people
(d) The new teacher

9. What did M. Hamel bring for his class on his last day in school?

(a) new pens
(b) new notebooks
(c) sweets
(d) storybooks

10. What did Franz find on reaching the school?

(a) People were dancing
(b) school was closed
(c) Police patrolling
(d) strange quietness

11. 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

12. M. Hamel is introduced as a ruler-wielding teacher. This portrayal suggests that…

(a) he is concerned
(b) he is adamant
(c) he is unfeeling
(d) he is a hard taskmaster

13. Who replaces M. Hamel as the new teacher?

(a) A German teacher
(b) Franz’s father
(c) A math teacher
(d) non of these

14. Why was Franz surprised?

(a) because of village elders
(b) because of police patrolling
(c) because of students’ behaviour
(d) because of M. Hamel’s kind and polite behaviour

15. 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

16. What is the moral that Alphonse Daudet wants to bring out?

(a) not to put off things that one can do that day
(b) old order changed to a new
(c) one should accept everything that happens
(d) the teacher should be respected

17. What was Franz expected to be prepared for at school that day?

(a) song
(b) dance
(c) essay writing
(d) participles

18. Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school?

(a) to complain
(b) to say goodbye
(c) to the gossip
(d) to show gratitude

19. What does Franz notice about the school building as he walks to school on the last day?

(a) It is unusually quiet.
(b) It is decorated with flags
(c) It is being demolished
(c) It is covered in graffiti

20. Who is blamed for Franz’s inability to learn his lessons?

(a) Franz himself
(b) M. Hamel
(c) The school system
(c) Franz’s parents

21. How does Franz feel about his French lesson on the last day?

(a) Excited
(b) Nervous
(c) Relieved
(d) Indifferent

22. In “The Last Lesson,” who is the story’s protagonist?

(a) Franz
(b) M. Hamel
(c) Franz’s father
(d) Franz’s teacher

23. What subject does M. Hamel teach on the last day of school?

(a) History
(b) Mathematics
(c) French
(d) Geography