The Last Lesson

'I started for school very late that morning and was in great dread of a scolding'. ) Why was the narrator in dread of scolding?

• because he didn’t know a word about participles.

• because he didn’t know anything about tenses.

• because he was late for school

• because there were Prussian soldiers drilling outside.

Identify narrator’s tone when he says “I started for school very late that morning and was in great dread of a scolding.

• Excited

• Apprehensive

• Over-dramatic

• Hyperbole

“Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of time!” Identify the tone and the speaker.

• Sarcastic, Hauser

• Dramatic, M. Hamel

• Mocking, Watcher

• warning, Franz

'Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons', Franz thought to himself. How does this observation shows a different side of Franz?

• he displays maturity and questions the imposition of a foreign element.

• he shows that he is aware of the pigeons.

• he wants to play with the pigeons and make his day memorable.

• he is impatient for the lesson to be over.

What does M. Hamel’s motionless posture reflect at the end?

• a feeling of nostalgia

• imprint the scene in his mind

• a sense of finality

• his love for language

Choose the term that best explains the statement, “All at once the church clock struck twelve. Then the Angelus”

• It was time to close the church service

• Roman Catholic church prayer time

• Time to ask the students to pray for M. Hamel

• church bells announcing the arrival of Prussian soldiers

How did “the trumpets of the Prussians, returning from drill, affect the class?

• Delighted

• Interested

• Humour

• Patriotism

Which of following phrase celebrates the pride and achievements of a nation?

• I never saw him so tall

• Vive La France

• Trumpets of the Prussians

• it is most beautiful language in the world