Learn Important Questions of The Last Lesson Class 12 English to score higher marks in your exam.

Students who are planning to score higher marks in English should learn Important Questions for The Last Lesson class 12 English Flamingo Before attending the CBSE board exam. 

We have provided you with a Class 12 English Flamingo The Last Lesson question and answers. You can also practice unseen passage for class 12 in English.

Short Answer Type Questions

Q1.What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
Ans. He was expected to be prepared with the rules for participles.

Q2. What was more tempting for Franz than going to school?
Ans. The warm and sunny weather, the birds chirping at the edge of the wood and watching Prussian soldiers drilling was much more tempting for Franz than going to school.

Q3. Why was Franz reluctant to go to school?
Ans. Franz was reluctant to go to school because he had not prepared the rules for Participles and he was also late for school.

Q4. What was unusual about the school that day?
Ans. The school was quiet as a Sunday morning. The villagers were sitting on the back benches. M. Hamel was wearing his special dress.

Q5. What was written on the bulletin board?
Ans. The order from Berlin was written on the bulletin board that only German would be taught in the districts of Alsace and Lorraine. There would be no teaching of French language. A new teacher would come.

Q6. Why were the villagers sitting on the back benches?
Ans. They had come to thank M. Hamel for his 40 years of faithful service and to pay respect to their mother tongue that was not theirs anymore.

Q7. Why were the words of M Hamel like thunderclap for Franz?
Ans. Franz realised that he would not be able to learn French anymore. He did not know how to read and write.

Q8. How did Franz’s feelings for M Hamel and the school change?
Ans. Franz’s feelings for the school and M Hamel changed when he realised that M. Hamel was leaving the School forever and he would not be able to learn French anymore. He started loving M. Hamel, his books and his school.

Q9. What did M Hamel say about French language?
Ans. He said that French was the most logical, the most beautifuland the clearest language.

Q10. Why was M Hamel wearing his special Sunday dress?
Ans. M Hamel was wearing the special Sunday dress in the honour of the last lesson of French language. The special dress was the expression of his feelings and love for his mother tongue.

Long Answer type Questions

Q1. Franz’s attitude towards school as well as towards M Hamel changes when he comes to know about the order from Berlin.Do you agree? Discuss with reference to the last lesson.
Ans. Yes I do agree that Franz’s attitude towards school as well as M Hamel changes when he comes to know about the order from Berlin. In the beginning of the story Franz was reluctant to go to school. He had not done his homework. He was afraid of being scolded also. M. Hamel was a strict teacher. Moreover the warm and bright day was more tempting than the class. When he reached school he learnt that only German language would be taught in his school. When he heard this, his attitude towards his teacher, his books and school changed completely. He started liking his teacher and was sorry for not learning his lessons. He was also sorry that M. Hamel was going away. He forgot everything about his ruler and his cranky nature. His books appeared to him like his best friends. Surprisingly everything that his teacher taught him appeared so easy to him that day. He developed a great respect for M Hamel.

Q2. Describe the atmosphere in the class on the day of the last lesson.
Ans. The atmosphere in the class was unusual, quiet and solemn. Franz was afraid of a scolding by M. Hamel for being late. But he spoke to him very politely. The villagers were sitting on the back benches. They had come there to show their respect for their mother tongue. They were sorry for not learning their language and for not sending their children to school. The teacher M Hamel was very sad and serious. He was wearing his special dress in the honour of the Last Lesson. He was also sorry for giving holiday to the students and for keeping them busy in his own work. He addressed the class very politely. The students were also very serious and attentive. Whatever their teacher taught was very clear to them because everybody paid attention to the lesson. M. Hamel told them about the importance of learning the language. At the end of the lesson the teacher got very emotional and did not have words to say goodbye. He could only write on the blackboard ‘Vive La France’/Long Live France.