CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The only reason that Mathilde was able to afford a dress is because ____
A
She and her husband worked extra hours at their job
B
Her husband gave her the money he had been saving for himself
C
Her friend, Madame Forrestier, lent her the money
D
She used the money she stole from her maid
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The Loisel’s had been invited to a party at the minister’s residence. When Matilda told her husband that she wanted a new dress to wear, first of all he asked her to wear whatever she possessed. When she got angry and refused to go to the party at all, he finally agreed to let her buy a new one.

Detailed explanation-2: -Her husband decided that in order to please her, he would use his savings that he was going to use to buy a gun and give it to her in order to buy a dress. After she got the dress she was still sad because she didn’t have any jewelry to go along with it.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -In “The Necklace, ” Madame Loisel’s husband had set aside an amount of money to buy a gun. Coincidentally, this amount of money is the exact amount Madame Loisel needs to buy a dress for the party they are attending.

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