Though tempted by the bright day, Franz stated that he had “the strength toresist, and hurried off to school.” As the story progresses, the readerrealizes that Franz, M. Hamel and the villagers would perhaps need “thestrength to resist” much larger forces.Discuss how the story provides strategies for resistance and protection ofone’s identity and community through its events and characters

What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?

How does the author show glimpses of fortitude and resilience in their harrowing storiesof exploitation?5

1. What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day? 2. Why should child labour be eliminated and how? 3. Why did Douglas go to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire? 4. What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into a rattrap? 5. In the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’, what is the appeal made by the poet? NCERT CLASS 12TH CBSE

The following text is adapted from Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898). The narrator, a governess, is describing the strange appearance of ghostly figures at the manor where she works:They’re seen only across, as it were, and beyond—in strange places and on high places, the top of towers, the roof of houses, the outside of windows, the further edge of pools; but there’s a deep design... to shorten the distance and overcome the obstacle; and the success of the tempters is only a question of time.As used in the text, what does the word “design” most nearly mean?IntentioneliminateDecorationeliminateCreationeliminateBlueprint

Why does the narrator refer to M. Hamel as ‘Poor man!’?a) He empathizes with M. Hamel as he had to leave the village.b) He believes that M. Hamel’s “fine Sunday clothes” clearly reflected thathe was not rich.c) He feels sorry for M. Hamel as it was his last French lesson.d) He thinks that M. Hamel’s patriotism and sense of duty resulted in hispoverty.ii Which of the following idioms might describe the villagers’ act of attendingthe last lesson most accurately?a) ‘Too good to miss’b) ‘Too little, too late’c) ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth’d) ‘Too cool for school’iii Choose the option that might raise a question about M. Hamel’s “faithfulservice”.a) When Franz came late, M. Hamel told him that he was about to beginclass without him.b) Franz mentioned how cranky M. Hamel was and his “great rulerrapping on the table”.c) M. Hamel often sent students to water his flowers, and gave a holidaywhen he wanted to go fishing.d) M. Hamel permitted villagers put their children “to work on a farm or atthe mills” for some extra money.iv Choose the option that most appropriately fills in the blanks, for thefollowing description of the given extract.The villagers and their children sat in class, forging with their old mastera (i) _____ togetherness. In that moment, the class room stood (ii)_____. It was France itself, and the last French lesson a desperatehope to (iii) ______ to the remnants of what they had known and takenfor granted. Their own (iv) _______.a) (i) graceful; (ii) still; (iii) hang on; (iv) countryb) (i) bygone; (ii) up; (iii) keep on; (iv) education