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Down there at the back of the room old Hauser had put on his spectacles and, holding his primer in both hands, spelled the letters with them. You could see that he, too, was crying; his voice trembled with emotion, and it was so funny to hear him that we all wanted to laugh and cry. Ah, how well I remember it, that last lesson! All at once the church-clock struck twelve. Then the Angelus. At the same moment the trumpets of the Prussians, returning from drill, sounded under our windows. i. What was the Hauser crying for? a) Because he had not taken his mother tongue seriously b) Because M. Hamel was going to leave forever c) Because he was neither able to speak nor write French d) All of the above ii. Choose the version which best matches the term “Angelus” a. A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Romans b. A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Anglican c. A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Baptist d. A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Lutheran iii. Choose the term which best matches the statement “his voice trembled with emotions”. a) Shudder or move due to shame b) Palpitating with excitement c) Quavering with vehemence d) Trembling with rage iv. What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent? a) The Dawn of Prussia in the defeat of French people b) The defeat of Prussia c) The victory of French d) None of these

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i. a) Because he had not taken his mother tongue seriously

ii. d) A Catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation by Lutheran

iii. c) Quavering with vehemence

iv. a) The Dawn of Prussia in the defeat of French people



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