CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
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i) vexed ii) disturbed iii) gift
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i) elated ii) disturbed iii) afford
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i) keen ii) depressed iii) bring
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i) elated ii) distressed iii) afford
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Detailed explanation-1: -This story is about a woman who does not know how to live within her means. Loisel belongs to a middle class family but wants to live a lavish lifestyle. Her husband is a clerk who cannot afford to fulfill all her demands. For attending a party, Loisel decides to borrow a necklace from her friend who rich.
Detailed explanation-2: -She had neither frocks nor jewels, nothing. And she loved only those things. She had a rich friend, a schoolmate at the convent, who she did not like to visit-she suffered so much when she returned. She wept for whole days from despair and disappointment.”
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -She was also irritated by the way her husband reacted to the homemade food while she dreamt of royal dinners being served in exquisite silver dishes. They were neither rich nor poor. She had to marry a clerk in the office of the board of education just because her family couldn’t afford to give her dowry.