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Last Lesson Test

The document is an English test for students at SRI Chaitanya Sr. Secondary School, focusing on comprehension and analysis of a text about M. Hamel's last French lesson. It includes multiple-choice questions regarding the language of the lesson, the speaker, and M. Hamel's views on the French language, as well as open-ended questions that require deeper reflection on themes such as language, culture, and personal responsibility. The test aims to assess students' understanding of the text and their ability to engage with its themes.

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Last Lesson Test

The document is an English test for students at SRI Chaitanya Sr. Secondary School, focusing on comprehension and analysis of a text about M. Hamel's last French lesson. It includes multiple-choice questions regarding the language of the lesson, the speaker, and M. Hamel's views on the French language, as well as open-ended questions that require deeper reflection on themes such as language, culture, and personal responsibility. The test aims to assess students' understanding of the text and their ability to engage with its themes.

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SRI CHAITANYA SR.

SECONDARY SCHOOL
HOSUR
ENGLISH TEST-1

Answer the following Questions: 8M

1. “My children this is the last lesson I shall give you. The order came from Berlin to teach only
German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master comes tomorrow. This is your last
French lesson.”

1. In which language is the last lesson ?


A. German
B. American
C. French
D. British

2. Who is the speaker in the above lines?


A. Franz
B. Hauser
C. M.Hamel
D. Wachter

3.Where has the order come from ?


A. France
B. Berlin
C. Lorraine
D. Alsace

4. Speaker is speaking to _________.


A. Franz
B. villagers
C. class
D. soldiers

“M. Hamel went on to talk of the French language, saying that it was the most beautiful
language in the world — the clearest, the most logical; that we must guard it among us and
never forget it, because when a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language
it is as if they had the key to their prison. Then he opened a grammar book and read us our
lesson. I was amazed to see how well I understood it. All he said seemed so easy, so Easy! “

1. Which of the following can be attributed to M. Hamel’s declaration about the French
language?

A. subject expertise
B. nostalgic pride
C. factual accuracy
D. patriotic magnification
2. “I was amazed to see how well I understood it.” Select the option that does NOT
explain why Franz found the grammar lesson “easy”.
A. Franz was paying careful attention in class this time.
B. M. Hamel was being extremely patient and calm in his teaching.
C. Franz was inspired and had found a new meaning and purpose to learning.
D. Franz had realized that French was the clearest and most logical language.
3. Franz was able to understand the grammar lesson easily because he was
A. receptive.
B. appreciative.
C. introspective.
D. competitive.

4. Read the quotes given below. Choose the option that might best describe M. Hamel’s
viewpoint.
(i) Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. – Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
(ii) Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where
they are going. – Rita Mae Brown
(iii) A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. – Ali Ibn Abi Talib
(iv) The greatest propaganda in the world is our mother tongue, that is what we learn as
children, and which we learn unconsciously. That
shapes our perceptions for life. – Marshal McLuhan

A. Option (i)
B. Option (ii)
C. Option (iii)
D. Option (iv)

Answer the following 12M


1. Why does the narrator refer to M. Hamel as ‘Poor man!’?
2. What did Hamel teach on his last day of French Class?
3. What are the Hobbies of Franz?
4. Costume worn by Hamel on his last day of French class
5. War was between what nations & who has won the war?
6. What was the notice that was displayed on that?
7. On what commotion did Franz depend upon?
8. What a thunderclap these words were to me? Whose words & What does that phrase refers to?
9. How was the day that day?
10. why did Franz decided to spend his day outdoors
11. Why did Hamel Blame himself?
12. What did Hamel say about French Language?

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