CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does Matilda lose during the years spent earning money to replace the necklace?
A
Her clever wit.
B
Her extraordinary beauty.
C
Her husband.
D
Her sense of entitlement.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Because of her pride and obsession with wealth, Mathilde loses ten years of her life and spends all of her savings on replacing the necklace only to find out that the original necklace was a fake.

Detailed explanation-2: -Loisel had 18000 francs which his father had left. They borrowed the rest of the money. The bought the new necklace and returned it to Madam Forestier.

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. Then they changed their lodgings and rented an attic, got rid of the maid and Mme.

Detailed explanation-4: -Losing the necklace had seemed to be Mathilde’s fatal mistake, but it was actually Mathilde’s failure to be truthful with Madame Forestier that sealed her fate.

Detailed explanation-5: -When Mathilde loses the necklace, Monsieur Loisel sacrifices his own future to help her repay the debt.

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