CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did Mathilde react to being poor for ten years?
A
She was brave about it
B
She was angry about it
C
She was sad about it
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mathilde is so convinced she’s meant to be rich that she detests her real life and spends all day dreaming and despairing about the fabulous life she’s not having.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans. After a period of ten years, Madame Loisel changed into a humble, industrious woman, who no longer dreamt about being rich. She began to work hard for everything she earned. After losing the necklace, Madame Loisel sacrificed her comfortable lifestyle and discards her desire to be entitled.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of her pride and obsession with wealth, Mathilde loses ten years of her life and spends all of her savings on replacing the necklace only to find out that the original necklace was a fake.

Detailed explanation-4: -Matilda told her the whole story. Shocked at the story, Mrs. Forestier told her a shocking truth, the diamond necklace that she had lent to Matilda had been made of artificial diamonds and was worth only five hundred francs.

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