CBSE Class 12 English HOTs The Last Lesson

Passages for comprehension

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 order of the commanding officers and I thought to myself, without stopping,” What can be the matter now?”
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.

Question. Where was the crowd?
(a) in the street
(b) in front of bulletin-board
(c) in the school
(d) in the theatre
Answer. B

Question. What type of news had come from Bulletin-board?
(a) the lost battles
(b) the draft
(c) the orders of the commanding officers
(d) all of the above
Answer. D

Question. Who was Wachter?
(a) carpenter
(b) blacksmith
(c) goldsmith
(d) cobbler
Answer. B

Question. What was Wachter doing?
(a) reading newspaper
(b) going to school
(c) reading the bulletin
(d) going to temple
Answer. C

Question. Who was watching with Wachter?
(a) his apprentice
(b) his friend
(c) his mother
(d) his father
Answer. A

Question. Who was M. Hamel?
(a) a student
(b) a villager
(c) a teacher
(d) a carpenter
Answer. C

Question. Where was Franz going?
(a) to fields
(b) to school
(c) to theatre
(d) to temple
Answer. B

Question. What do you mean by ‘M. Hamel’s little garden?
(a) school
(b) field
(c) theatre
(d) temple
Answer. A

Find the word that means the same as ‘mob’ in the given passage

I jumped over the bench and sat down at my desk. Not till then, when I had got a little over my fright, did I see that our teacher had on his beautiful green coat, his frilled shirt, and the black silk cap, all embroidered, that he never wore except on inspection and prize days. Besides the whole school seemed so strange and solemn. But the thing that surprised me most was to see, on back benches that were always empty, the vi llage people sitting quietly like ourselves; Old Hauser, with his three cornered hat, the former mayor, the former postmaster, and several others besides. Everybody looked sad; and Hauser had brought an old primer, thumbed at the edges, and he held it open on his knees with his great spectacles lying across the pages.

Question. What type of dress M. Hamel had worn?
(a) beautiful green coat
(b) his frilled shirt
(c) little black silk cap
(d) all of the above
Answer. D

Question. Who was sitting on the back benches?
(a) villagers
(b) students
(c) doctor
(d) none of the above
Answer. A

Question. What type of hat old Hauser had worn?
(a) one-cornered hat
(b) three-cornered hat
(c) two-cornered hat
(d) four-cornered hat
Answer. B

Question. What thing old Hauser brought with him?
(a) old songs
(b) old piano
(c) old primer
(d) old rabbit
Answer. C

Question. Who came to attend M. Hamel’s class?
(a) the former mayor
(b) the former postmaster
(c) old Hauser
(d) all of the above
Answer. D