CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A devoted husband
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An affluent life-style
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A good education
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Time to herself
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Detailed explanation-1: -In “The Necklace, ” Mathilde Loisel, a middle-class wife, yearns for the upper-class lifestyle her clerk husband cannot afford for her. Her desire to be more than her current status leads her and her husband down a painful path that lasts ten years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Matilda would often dream of all the delicacies, luxuries, elegant dinners, marvellous dishes, rich silver, beautiful dresses, jewels, adoration and a life of glory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Matilda always wanted a life above her status. This desire of her’s had led her to sufferings as for the party she had borrowed her friend’s diamond necklace. After the party when she lost it she decided to bend the truth.
Detailed explanation-4: -’Matilda’s craving for a bubble reputation was the cause of her ruin. ‘ Draw a conclusion as to how she could have avoided the misfortune that dawned upon her.