CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After the ball, Mathilde rushes out of the minister’s residence because
A
she has worn out shoes
B
the horse cart had arrived
C
her husband’s overcoat was embarrassing
D
she had on a shabby wrap
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Madam Loisel left the ball in a hurry because her husband threw a modest wrap around her shoulders. Its poverty and inadequacy, clashed with the elegance of the ball costume. She did not want to be noticed by the other women who had wrapped themselves in rich furs.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the party, Matilda’s husband threw around her shoulders the modest wraps that had carried poverty clashed with the elegance of the ball costume. However, Matilda didn’t care much for that and wanted to hurry away in order not to be noticed by the other women who were wrapping themselves in rich furs.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the course of paying her debts, Matilda became old, poor and crude. She clothed like the women of butchers’ and grocers’. Her hands became red and coarse. She became an ordinary and unattractive woman who spoke in a loud tone.

Detailed explanation-4: -He threw over her shoulders the garments he had brought for them to go home in, modest everyday clothes, whose poverty clashed with the beauty of the ball-dress. She was conscious of this and was anxious to hurry away, so that she should not be noticed by the other women putting on their costly furs.

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