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Question 1: What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?

Class 12 - English - The Last Lesson Page 8

Answer 1

Hi friend,

The order from Berlin caused many changes in the school that day:-

The entire school seemed strange and solemn. 

The old villagers were sitting on the always empty back benches of the classroom quietly to thank M. Hamel for his forty years of faithful service. 

M Hamel had put on his best dress on that day though it was not an inspection or prize day. 

Also last but not least, the order from Berlin also brought a sense of repentance for those who in spite of having time didn’t learn the French properly, for example Franz.

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Answer 2

Hey !!

The order from Berlin said that German was to be imposed in the French schools of the districts of Alsace and Lorraine. This upset the teachers as well as the students of the French schools in Alsace. The students were dismayed that it would be their last lesson in French.

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