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1. It seemed to be exactly what they had been looking for.

2. Madame Forestier was astonished to be addressed so familiarly and did not recognize her.

After all other efforts fail, the couple decides to buy a. new identical necklace to replace the lost one. M. Loisel pooled eighteen thousand francs of his inheritance and borrowed the rest. Then they managed to buy the new necklace: for thirty-six thousand francs and returned it to the rightful owner.

1. They went from jeweller to jeweller and looked for a necklace like the other one. 

2. It was the end of one week and they had lost all hope.

1. a. Here, 'he' is Mr. Loisel. He went to the police and to the cab office and put an advertisement. He offered a reward to find the necklace.

2. d. Here, 'she' is Matilda. She could have avoided this entire suffering if she had tried to live within her means and controlled her wild desires for short lived pleasure.

3. d. No, he didn't find the necklace.

4. a. They had lost it the night before while coming home from the party.

5. c. He went to cab offices because they thought that the necklace had fallen in a cab.

1. You say – Main Clause.

2. One day she saw Madame Forestier – Main Clause.

they could not find a cab – Main Clause, when they

were finally in the street – Subordinate clause

Matilda’s pride and her materialistic aspirations coupled with her dishonesty pave the way for her ruin. She could have avoided it by learning to accept her current situation and being content with what she had.

1. Mathilde was born into a rich family. False 

2. Mathilde was content with what she had. False 

3. Mathilde had no rich dresses or jewels. True 

4. Mathilde was wedded to an aristocrat. False

1. a. The name of the chapter is 'The Necklace' and the author is Guy de Maupassant.

2. c. Matilda, the main character of the story was a pretty young lady, born in a middle class family and didn't have much to enjoy the pleasure of life. That's why 'error of destiny' has been used in these lines.

3. d. She married a clerk because she had no way marrying a rich or distinguished man.

4. b. Matilda Loisel

5. a. She would rather have married a rich or distinguished man.

1. c. She was very beautiful and felt born for all delicacies and luxuries which she did not have. This made her suffer.

2. a. She was unhappy with the poverty of her house. The shabby walls and the worn chairs tortured and angered her. This reveals that Matilda was an unhappy and discontented person.

3. d. She was angry at her financial situation and circumstances of her birth.

4. b. She' is Matilda Loisel, a beautiful girl born into a family of clerks.

5. a. poverty

Foremost of all, I would have done my best not to become a victim of my own pride and aspirations. If I was caught in such a situation, I would have let the truth out and then face the consequences. Honesty would have been the way out for me.

1. b. I' is Matilda Loisel. She is talking to Madame Forestier, from whom she had borrowed the necklace.

2. b. It took them years to return the money, collected to pay (as debt) for the lost necklace.

3. d. It' is a diamond necklace that Matilda borrowed from her friend.

4. a. It' was lost on the night of the ball.

5. c. Us' is referring to Matilda and her husband.

Her husband M. Loisel, is an ordinary and average young man. A mere clerk by profession, he is still contented with his job. Also, he is a caring man as he is excited to show the dinner invitation to his wife.

Matilda Loisel’s husband, M. Loisel, comes to her rescue. First, he suggests her to wear fresh flowers. Matilda just mocked at the idea. Then, he advises her to borrow some jewels from her rich friend, Mme Forestier. Thus, the problem is solved as Mme Forestier lends her a beautiful diamond necklace.

1. ecstasy – ecstatic

2. fashion – fashionable

On seeing the necklace, Mathilde must have thought: “Oh, how beautiful I will look with these diamonds round my neck I will be the prettiest woman at the party. All the others will crowd round me and admire me. I will be the most elegant and gracious woman there. Everyone will envy me!”

After spending a fortune on a beautiful dress, Mme Loisel is faced with yet another disaster. She frets over the fact that she does not have a beautiful jewel to go with her dress. So, she asks her husband to pass on the invitation to someone else.

1. She kept asking, “Is this all you have?”

2. “You’ve not been acting normally these last three days.”

1. b. She is saying 'no' to wearing natural flowers in place of jewellery, as it would be humiliating to appear shabby next to the rich women at the ball.

2. d. Her husband asked to go to Mme Forestier to borrow some jewels from her to wear at the ball.

3. a. Her', in these lines refers to Matilda Loisel.

4. c. According to 'her', the most humiliating thing is having a shabby air in the midst of rich women.

5. b. jewels

1. d. At the ball, Madame Loisel was a great success. She was the prettiest of all women. She was full of joy. All the men noticed her and asked her name. Her dream was fulfilled.

2. a. Yes, Matilda's life changed because the necklace she borrowed from her friend got misplaced, which changed the course of her life. She and her husband had to struggle hard to repay the debt taken to buy a new necklace.

3. c. Matilda joyfully and enthusiastically danced at the ball.

4. a. Matilda felt like she was finally getting the luxurious life and the admiration she deserved, so she felt victorious.

5. b. admiration

1. b. She' is Matilda. She is referring to the party hosted by the Minister of Public Instruction for which her husband got an invitation.

2. c. She was grieved for her poverty-stricken look. She felt that she did not have a proper party dress and a jewel for the party.

3. d. He' is Matilda's husband and he suggest wearing natural flowers in place of a jewel.

4. a. natural flowers

5. b. She does not have a jewel because they cannot afford to buy one.

1. a. Her hands trembled when she saw and took out the beautiful diamond necklace.

2. c. She wanted the necklace because she had to attend a ball but didn't have anything to adorn herself with.

3. a. The necklace was in a black satin box.

4. b. She placed the necklace about her throat against her dress, so she could see if it looked good.

5. d. She hesitated because the necklace was extremely expensive as it was full of diamonds.

1. d. She thought that they were poor and that all the guests at the party belonged to the upper class. This was the cause of her inferiority complex.

2. a. When his wife was enjoying the dance and gratifying her vanity through the admiration of the men-folk, he waited patiently.

3. a. She hated the wraps because they were modest and not as beautiful as the rich furs of other women.

4. c. The wraps were of a modest quality while her dress was an expensive party dress. So, they clashed.

5. b. The other women were wrapping themselves in rich fur.

1. He hadn’t thought of that, had he?

2. One evening her husband came home triumphantly.

When she was in the ball she was the central attraction. She was so pretty. But she lost her necklace. After 10 years of struggle, Matilda became an old woman of a poor family. She has lost all her beauty and glory. Seeing her, Mme Forestier couldn't understand and was thus astonished.

1. horrible life 

2. odious labours 

3. dreadful debt 

4. dirty linen.

1. The magician drew out a rabbit from the hat with an air of triumph.

2. You’ve been acting strange these last three days.

3. Interrogative sentence

4. blush

Madame Forestier’s large box contained jewellery.

Mathilde had no rich dresses and no jewels, and these were the only things she loved. She found that her schoolmate, who was rich, had all the things that she, Mathilde, wanted so desperately. Hence, she wept with regret, despair and misery after visiting her schoolmate.

Loisel and Mathilde searched through her clothes to find the necklace. But they could not find it. Then Loisel went out and walked back over the whole route they had taken to see if he could find it. He went to the police, to the newspapers to offer a reward, to the cab companies, and everywhere that the tiniest glimmer of hope led him.

Mathilde had plain dresses and a shabby, poorly furnished house. She dreamt of a grand. palatial mansion, with vast rooms and inviting smaller rooms, perfumed for afternoon chats with close friends.

Mathilde wanted to have jewellery to wear for the party. She did not have any, but she knew that her friend was rich and would have a good collection of jewels. So she went to her friend’s house and told her of her distress so that she could borrow some jewellery from her.

a. I think that this is a natural but childish wish. What Mathilde does not realize is that happiness does not lie in money or status. It depends on the character of a person.

b. I feel sympathetic towards Mathilde. Everyone wants luxuries, but not everyone can get them. Mathilde should have realized this and been content with whatever she had. She should have tried to improve her living conditions in some way.

c. This shows Mathilde’s inability to deal with reality. Mathilde should have tried to make the house a home by keeping it clean and doing things with love, instead of looking at the material things that were there.

d. This is a very natural feeling. To some extent, we all want others to admire and envy us; but Mathilde should have kept this feeling under control.

e. This Is a natural reaction on her part, for she wanted to be well-dressed and look pretty when she went to an important party. However, she should not have disappointed her husband by immediately showing her unhappiness. She could have later presented her case less bluntly.

f. Mathilde was young and pretty and wanted new things. But she should have first asked her husband what he had saved the money for, and then decided what was more important – her dress or his gun. He was very generous and she should also have shown some genuine consideration.

g. Mathilde should not have borrowed such an expensive necklace just to show off. One should never borrow expensive things from others.

h. Mathilde was very thrilled by her own triumph at the party. She forgot everything in the revelry. In my opinion, she should have taken care and not been so Irresponsible, especially when she was wearing borrowed jewels.

a. Mathilde was frightened that she had lost a j valuable necklace and she would have to replace it. She realised her mistake in borrowing such a valuable jewel. Anyone else in her place would have felt the same.

b. I think that Mathilde realized her foolishness and was now willing to listen to whatever her husband i said to make good the loss of the necklace.

c. Yes, that was the right thing to do, for Mathilde had borrowed the necklace. Madame Forestier had been generous to give it. Mathilde could not allow her friend to suffer a loss because of her foolishness.

d. There was no other option for her under the circumstances. Mathilde was foolish but honest. She also had enough pride not to want to be in debt.

e. I think that Mathilde was proud and did not want to accept her carelessness in front of her friend.

f. I appreciate Mathilde for working very hard even though she did not like it. She did this in order to pay off the debt which she had got into because of her foolishness in borrowing the necklace.

g. I respect both Mathilde and her husband for working so hard for so many years, and living in poverty in order to pay off the debt. They did not take any easy way out.

h. Maybe it was a foolish action on Mathilde’s part. Mathilde will now feel terrible when she knows that she wasted ten years of her life struggling to replace the imitation necklace.

1. Mathilde’s husband said this to Mathilde.

2. Mathilde’s husband said this to Mathilde.