CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why doesn’t Madame Forrestier recognize Mathilde Loisel at the end of the story?
A
She looked extravagant.
B
She looked very happy.
C
She looked old and sad.
D
She changed her hair color.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Madame Forestier does not recognize her old friend Madame Loisel because Madame Loisel has aged so much. Madame Loisel tells Madame Forestier that she had had a very hard life because she had to replace the lost necklace.

Detailed explanation-2: -Madame Forestier doesn’t even recognize her old friend anymore due to Mathilde’s changes in appearance. Ten years of hard work and poverty have changed Mathilde physically as well as her clothing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Madame Forestier couldn’t recognise Matilda as she had changed so much during those years. Mrs. Loisel told her that she had to spend really some hard days. And Madame Forestier herself was responsible for her misery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Madame Loisel told her friend that the clasp of the necklace was broken, so she had given it for repair.

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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