The Last Lesson – Extract Based MCQs

The Last Lesson – Extract Based MCQs

The Last Lesson – Extract 1

“I started for school very late that morning and was in great dread of a scolding, especially because M. Hamel had said that he would question us on participles, and I did not know the first word about them. For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so warm, so bright! The birds were chirping at the edge of the woods, and in the open field back of the sawmill, the Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all much more tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the strength to resist and hurried off to school.”

1. Name the chapter?
(a) The Tiger King
(b) The Third Level
(c) Journey to the End of the Earth
(d) The Last Lesson

2. What temptations did the speaker have?
(a) Chirping of birds and Sawmill
(b) Sawmill and Prussian Soldiers drilling
(c) Chirping of birds and Prussian soldiers drilling
(d) Both a & b

3. Explain ‘I had the strength to resist ‘.
(a) The narrator had the patience to fight with the Prussians
(b) The narrator had the courage to learn his mother tongue
(c) The narrator had the courage to overcome his temptations
(d) Both a and b

IV. What does the word ‘Dread’ mean?
(a) Fear
(b) Apprehensiveness
(c) Awe
(d) All of these

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Extract 2

“When I passed the town hall there was a crowd in front of the bulletin board. For the last two years, all our bad news had come from there the lost battles, the draft, the orders of the commanding officer and I thought to myself, without stopping, “What can be the matter now?””

1. Why was there a huge crowd in front of the bulletin board?
(a) Due to bad news
(b) Due to order from Berlin
(c) Due to introduction of new language
(d) All of these

2 What was the bulletin board famous for?
(a) Good News
(b) Bad News
(c) Neither good nor bad
(d) Either good or bad

3. Who is the author The Last Lesson.
(a) Selma Lagerlof
(b) Stephen Spender
(c) Alphonse Daudet
(d) John Updike

4. What does the word ‘Draft’ mean here?
(a) Compulsory Military Service
(b) Drawing
(c) Designs of Alsace and Lorraine
(d) Both a and b

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Extract 3

“Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Wachter, who was there, with his apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of time!” I thought he was making fun of me and reached M. Hamel’s little garden all out of breath. Usually, when school began, there was a great bustle, which could be heard out in the street, the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison, very loud, with our hands over our ears to understand better, and the teacher’s great ruler rapping on the table.”

1. What does ‘Out of breath’ mean?
(a) Breathless
(b) Gasping
(c) Short-winded
(d) All of these

2. What is the meaning of apprentice?
(a) Learner
(b) Prentice
(c) Novice
(d) All of these

3. What was the motive of the blacksmith Wachter?
(a) To ridicule Franz
(b) To boost the morale of Franz
(c) To dominate little Franz
(d) To make him realize the importance of his mother tongue

4. What does the phrasal verb ‘Call after‘ imply?
(a) Call someone by his name
(b) Call someone by his gender
(c) Call someone by his surname
(d) None of these