CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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She didn’t love her husband.
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She lost her job.
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She felt she deserved a life of luxury.
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Misery runs in her family.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Matilda was unhappy because she had no dowry, no hope, no means of becoming known. She was a pretty woman and she felt that she was born for all luxuries. She wished to marry a rich person but she was unlucky because she was born in a poor family.
Detailed explanation-2: -Matilda was always unhappy in her early married life because she was born in a family of clerks which seemed to be an error of destiny. She had high aspirations. She felt grieved at her miserable condition. She thought that she was born for all delicacies and luxuries of the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -It doesn’t sound like she just wants it because she’s money-obsessed. No, for Mathilde, the rich life is attractive because it’s glamorous, beautiful, exciting, fine, and unlike the dingy apartment in which she lives. The glamorous life has a certain kind of magical allure to it.