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Assignment Class: XII Subject: English Date: April 06, 2020 Topic: The Last Lesson

The document contains questions about "The Last Lesson" story focusing on Franz overcoming temptation to go to school, the significance of the bulletin board announcing an order from Berlin, and M. Hamel's different and meaningful final lesson praising the importance of the French language to the people of Alsace. Students are asked multiple choice and short answer questions about characters, events, and themes relating to nationalism and the value of one's native language. Additional online resources are provided for further study.

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Assignment Class: XII Subject: English Date: April 06, 2020 Topic: The Last Lesson

The document contains questions about "The Last Lesson" story focusing on Franz overcoming temptation to go to school, the significance of the bulletin board announcing an order from Berlin, and M. Hamel's different and meaningful final lesson praising the importance of the French language to the people of Alsace. Students are asked multiple choice and short answer questions about characters, events, and themes relating to nationalism and the value of one's native language. Additional online resources are provided for further study.

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ASSIGNMENT

Class: XII
Subject: English
Date: April 06, 2020 Topic: The Last Lesson

Answer in 30-40 words:

1. What temptation did Franz overcome to proceed to school?


2. What was the significance of bulletin board in the town hall?
3. Why was Franz blushing and feeling frightened when he entered the classroom?
4. How and why was M. Hamel dressed differently that day?
5. Why were the old men of the village present in the classroom?
6. How was the order from Berlin going to make a difference to the lives of the students?
7. How did Franz's attitude towards his books change after he heard about the order from Berlin?
8. What happened when Franz attempted to recite the rules of participles in class?
9. What does M. Hamel find wrong with the attitude of Alsace towards learning?
10. How does M. Hamel hold parents and himself responsible for students neglecting learning?
11. How does M. Hamel praise the French language?
12. How is the mother tongue important for the enslaved people?
13. Why was Franz able to understand everything?
14. How had the school changed in the forty years of M. Hamel's stay?
15."I never saw him look so tall" who is the person mentioned? What does the speaker mean by the above
statement?
16."The importance of a thing dawns upon us when it is no longer with us" Do you agree? Give reasons?
17. Language becomes a tool in the hands of the conquerors to establish critically analyse the statement
with reference to the lesson?

Answer in 120-150 words


1. How and why did Franz’s feeling about M. Hamel change?
2. How does the author present a nation’s love for its lost freedom?
3. Write a brief character sketch of M. Hamel.
4. “When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language, it is as if they have the key to
their prison.” What could this mean?
5. What is ‘Linguistic Chauvinism’? Analyse the order from Berlin in this light. How do you justify M.
Hamel’s view about French and new-found love of the people towards their language?

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