CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the husband expect her to react on handing her the letter?
A
happy
B
sad
C
jealous
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The day of the ball arrived. Mme Loisel was a great success. She was the prettiest of all-elegant, gracious, smiling and full of joy. All the men noticed her, asked her name, and wanted to be presented.

Detailed explanation-2: -They replaced the necklace by paying eighteen thousand francs, which his father had left him and borrowing the rest of the amount from usurers and money lenders. Then they changed their lodgings and rented an attic, got rid of the maid and Mme. Loisel did the housework herself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Matilda’s husband had saved a good amount of money to buy a gun for him. But when his wife refused to attend the party without a new dress, he had to give up buying the gun. He used the saved four hundred francs to buy her costume.

Detailed explanation-4: -How much was the necklace actually worth Class 10? As Mme Forestier tells Matilda at the end of the story, the necklace was only worth 500 francs while she and her husband thought that it was a real one which was 40, 000 Francs.

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