The Last Lesson Study Flashcards

A set of fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering the literary contents, historical background, character details, plot points, and grammar concepts from 'The Last Lesson' lecture notes.

The story 'Lost Spring' was written by __________.

Anees Jung

The author of 'Deep Water' is __________.

William Douglas

'The Rattrap' was written by author __________.

Selma Lagerlöf

'Indigo' was written by __________.

Louis Fischer

'Poets and Pancakes' was written by __________.

Asokamitran

'The Interview' was written by __________.

Christopher Silvester

'Going Places' was written by __________.

A. R. Barton

Alphonse Daudet was a French novelist and short-story writer who lived from 1840 to __________.

1897

'The Last Lesson' is set in the days of the Franco-Prussian War, which took place from 1870 to __________.

1871

In the Franco-Prussian War, France was defeated by Prussia led by __________.

Bismarck

During the setting of the story, Prussia consisted of what are now the nations of Germany, Poland, and parts of __________.

Austria

In 'The Last Lesson', the two French districts that passed into Prussian hands were Alsace and __________.

Lorraine

Franz was in great dread of a scolding because M. Hamel had said that he would question the class on __________.

participles

In the open field back of the sawmill, Franz saw __________ soldiers drilling.

Prussian

The blacksmith who was reading the bulletin-board and called after Franz was named __________.

Wachter

 Franz noticed that the school was unusual that morning because everything was as quiet as __________ morning.

Sunday

M. Hamel wore his beautiful green coat, frilled shirt, and embroidered black silk cap, which he usually only wore on inspection and __________ days.

prize

Sitting on the back benches was old Hauser, who was wearing a __________-cornered hat.

three

The order had come from __________ to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.

Berlin

Franz felt sorry for not learning his lessons and instead seeking birds' eggs or going sliding on the __________.

Saar

The village people sat in the back of the classroom to thank M. Hamel for his __________ years of faithful service.

forty

M. Hamel referred to French as the most beautiful language in the world, the clearest, and the most __________.

logical

M. Hamel stated that 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

During the writing lesson, M. Hamel had new copies for the students written with the words 'France, Alsace, France, __________'.

Alsace

Outside M. Hamel's window, the walnut-trees were taller, and the __________ twined about the windows to the roof.

hopvine

At noon, M. Hamel took a piece of chalk and wrote on the blackboard as large as he could: '__________!'.

Vive La France

According to the 'Working with words' section, the word 'petite' originates from the __________ language.

French

The word 'kindergarten' originates from the __________ language.

German

The verb form 'had said' indicates an earlier past and is called the __________ tense.

past perfect