Class Test L-1 The Last Lesson

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Lesson -1 The Last Lesson 

Set-A Q1.Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow 1x5=5 Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. (A) Poor man! It was in honour of this last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes, and now I understood why the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room. It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more. It was their way of thanking our master for his forty years of faithful service and of showing their respect for the country that was theirs no more. While I was thinking of all this, I heard my name called. It was my turn to recite. What would I not have given to be able to say that dreadful rule for the participle all through, very loud and clear, and without one and not daring to look up. mistake? But I got mixed up on the first words and stood there, holding on to my desk, my heart beating, [The Last Lesson  (a) Select the option that completes the given sentence appropriately. 'Poor man!' in the given context would refer to (i) M. Hamel (ii) French people (iii) France (iv) Science teacher (b) Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy. Respect: country:: honour: (c) Select the correct option to fill in the blank. ………….had put on his fine Sunday clothes. (i) France people (ii) Students in the class (iii) M. Hamel (ii) Principal (d) Based on the above extract, choose the correct statement that is TRUE for M. Hamel's viewpoint. (i) Those who know nothing of foreign language, know nothing of their own. (ii) Their own language is most beautiful, clearest and logical which is quite foreign to them. (iii) A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. Only French is the most beautiful language one would ever know. (iv) German was a beautiful language. (e) Identify the textual clue that allows the reader to infer that what M. Hamel did in honour of this last lesson. (f)Complete the sentence with an appropriate explanation, as per the extract. The old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room because……….	Set-B Q1.Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.1x5=5 A) Only the desks and benches had been worn smooth, the walnut-trees in the garden were taller, and the hopvine that he had planted himself twined about the windows to the roof. How it must have broken his heart to leave the country next day. it all, poor man; to hear his sister moving about in the room above, packing their trunks! For they must leave But he had the courage to hear every lesson to the very last. After the writing, we had a lesson in history, and then the babies chanted their ba, be bi, bo, bu. Down there at the back of the room old Hauser had put on his spectacles and, holding his primer in both hands, spelled the letters with them. You could see that he, too, was crying, his well I remember it, that last lesson! voice trembled with emotion, and it was so funny to hear him that we all wanted to laugh and cry Ah, how well I remember it that last lesson [The Last Lesson (a) What is the most likely form of verb used in the first line of the extract? (i) Past perfect (4) Simple (iii) Present (iv) Past continuous (b) Rewrite the following sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with its synonym But he had the courage to hear every lesson to the very last. (c) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below. (1) M Hamel's sister was going to leave the country. (2) An order from Berlin had come. (i) (1) can be inferred from the text but (2) cannot. (ii) (2) can be inferred from the text but (1) cannot (iii) (1) is true but (2) is false. (iv) (2) is the reason for (1). (d) Rationalize, to support the given opinion  Franz shocked to see M. Hamel. (e) What does the phrase 'packing their trunks' mean? (f) Select the most suitable option for the tone of the speaker in the given extract. (i) Inquisitive (ii) Alert (iii) monotonous (iv) doleful
Q2.Attempt any five questions out of six in about 10-15 words  1x5=5 A..Vive La France stand for… B.What do you know about the Title “The Last Lesson “ C.Who were sitting on the back benches of the class? D. How many nations were consisted in Prussia? Name them. E. What had been put on the bulletin board  F. Name the writer and Lesson.	Q2.Attempt any five questions out of six in about 10-15 words  1x5=5 A..Linguistics Chauvinism stand for…. B.What was Franz given to learn? C. What does M Hamel appeal people for? D.What is participle? E. Why were villagers sitting on the back benches? F. Name the two districts of France occupied by German.
Q3.Answer ANY FIVE  of the following questions given below in about 40-50 words A. Describe the events of the last lesson that M Hamel conducted with his class? B. How did M Hamel say farewell to his students and the people of the town? C. How were the parents and M Hamel responsible for the children's neglect of the French language?  D. Franz thinks “will they make them sing  in German, even the pigeons ,what this mean? E. What make M Hamel cry  towards his  end of his last lesson? F. Why was M Hamel kind to Franz. Even though he was late for the school	Q3.Answer ANY FIVE  of the following questions given below in about 40-50 words A.You realise the true value of a thing only by losing it. Comment on this statement in the light of the story The  Last Lesson B. What had been put on the bulletin board? C. “Ah how well I remember it that last lesson!’ Why did French remember it well D. What did M  Hamel tell his students about French language? What was his suggestion to them? E. What a thunderclap these words were to me? What was the word that shocked and surprise the narrator? F. Why did Franz think of running away from the school that morning?
Q4.Answer ANY ONE  of the following questions given below in about 120-150 words. A. How did the narrator react when the teacher announced that it was their last French Lesson? Or A teacher should be, a friend, a philosopher and a guide for his student. Do you think M. Hamel fits into this image of a teacher? Discuss.	Q4.Answer ANY ONE  of the following questions given below in about 120-150 words A. My last French Lesson! Why I hardly knew how to write! I should never learn anymore! I must stop there,then !  The problem of school dropout and illiteracy of backwardness still plagues our nation. As  motivational speaker,speech on what qualities of on the part of administration educationists and youth do you think will help to surmount this hurdles. Or When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they hold the key to their prison". Comment on the basis of the story "The Last Lesson"
Q5 Attempt Any One From A and B of the following 50 words  A. Your school is going to organise a blood donation camp next week.Write a notice in about 50 words to invite volunteers for this camp. You are the head boy of prakriti international School Delhi. B.As the Principal, write a notice in about 50 words informing the perfects,monitors and other discipline incharge students of a Leadership Training Camp being organised by the school.	Q5 Attempt Any One From A and B of the following 50 words  A. You are Sapna Singh, the secretary of cultural committee of your school. Write a notice in about 50 words inviting students to participate in the Annual Day of the school to be organised next month. B. An NGO has approached your school to offer book grants to the needy students. As Head girl of Sunshine Public School, Aram Bagh, write a notice in about 50 words asking students who are in need to put their requests into the box kept outside the Principal's office.