CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
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He says too bad, we will not go then!
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He gives her money he saved up so she can buy a new dress.
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He is going to borrow money from a friend so she can buy a new dress.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: He wants her to be happy. He spends a huge savings that he had saved for years to buy a gun for his hobby for buying a pretty dress for his wife so that she could attend a big party and enjoy it.
Detailed explanation-2: -So he managed to bring her an invitation to attend the minister’s party. For that party, he offered her 400 Francs to buy a new dress which he had saved to buy a new gun for himself. When she had lost the necklace at the party, without being aggressive he arranged 36000 Franks for replacing the same.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -How is the problem solved? M. Loisel solved his problem by advising her to request her friend, Mme Forestier to lend her some jewels. Accordingly, she went to Mme Forestier and borrowed a diamond necklace for the occassion.
Detailed explanation-5: -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. Loisel did the housework herself.