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The Last Lesson

Appeared in 2 of the 2 available papers.

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Typically worth
9 marks

Average per paper it appears in · 18 marks in total

Usual form
Short answer

43% of this chapter's 7 questions

Needs a diagram
0%

No diagram questions in this chapter

Question-type distribution

  • Short answer3
  • MCQ2
  • Reasoning2

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The bulletin board 2Historical background 1A typical school morning 1The unusual morning 1Franz's reaction 1M. Hamel's final lesson 1
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Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write ONLY the correct answers.)

5

Read the following extract from Alphonse Daudet's short story, 'The Last Lesson' and answer the questions that follow:

5

"My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you. The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master comes tomorrow. This is your last French lesson. I want you to be very attentive." What a thunder-clap these words were to me! Oh the wretches; that was what they had put up at the town-hall!