CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who did Mathilde marry?
A
A very wealthy man
B
A clerk
C
A police officer
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Monsieur Loisel is Mathilde’s husband and a government clerk. He procures the invitation to the ball for Mathilde and helps to work off the debt for the necklace .

Detailed explanation-2: -Mathilde was born into a family of clerks. She didn’t have the means of being married into an aristocratic family. Thus, she was married to a ‘minor official’ at the Ministry of Education. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-3: -When Matilda was she was married to Count Geoffrey of Anjou, who was .

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: She wished to have a hustle free and a luxurious life. She believed that it was the fault of destiny because of which she was born in a simple family. Because of this, she married a petty clerk who worked in the office of the Board of Education.

Detailed explanation-5: -On Emperor Henry V’s death, Matilda was recalled to Normandy by her father, who arranged for her to marry Geoffrey of Anjou to form an alliance to protect his southern borders.

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