CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mathilde Loisel’s husband was a ____
A
Trash collector
B
Doctor
C
Clerk
D
Teacher
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Monsieur Loisel is Mathilde’s husband and a government clerk.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mathilde’s husband. Monsieur Loisel is content with the small pleasures of his life but does his best to appease Mathilde’s demands and assuage her complaints. He loves Mathilde immensely but does not truly understand her, and he seems to underestimate the depth of her unhappiness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Solution : Monsieur Loisel is a clerk at the Ministry of Education, having no wealth or status. He works a modest job and provides Mathilde with a modest life.

Detailed explanation-4: -The opinion we get from Mathilde’s husband is that he is loving, caring, supporting and hardworking. We see how he gives Mathilde the four hundred francs which he had saved up for his gun so that Mathilde may have her dress. When she is in distress he tries to comfort her and do whatever is possible in his means.

Detailed explanation-5: -In spite of her beauty and charm, Mathilde has no chance of marrying an important or wealthy man. This is because she was born into a lower-middle-class family and has no dowry. Instead, she marries Monsieur Loisel, a minor civil servant who works at the Ministry of Public Instruction.

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