CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What happened to the Loisels as a result of buying a new necklace?
A
they started to fight, separate, and seek a divorce.
B
The loss of the necklace brings the Loisel’s closer together and makes their marriage stronger.
C
The loss of the necklace causes the Loisel’s to adopt a life of crime in order to repay their debts.
D
The loss of the necklace causes the Loisel’s to go into debt, live in poverty, and work at multiple jobs.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He loved her so much that he bought the new diamond necklace to replace the lost one for thirty-six thousand francs which lost all his savings and compelled him to do extra jobs after office time. These entire all he did because he loved his beautiful wife very much and wanted to keep her happy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Buying the necklace catapults the Loisels into poverty for the next ten years. That’s right, ten years. They lose their house, their maid, their comfortable lifestyle, and on top of it all Mathilde loses her good looks.

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: -The course of the Loisel’s life changed due to the necklace. After replacing the lost necklace with a new one, they had to replay all the money that they had borrowed to buy the new necklace. They sent away the maid and changed their lodgings.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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