the necklace quiz

What literary device is used in the sentence?

To the relief of her friend, she did not open the case. If she had detected the substitution, what would she have thought? What would she have said? Would she have taken her friend for a thief?

• Repetition

• dialogue

• Rhetorical question

• anecdote

What literacy devices are used in the quote?

And he did borrow, asking for a thousand francs from one man, five hundred from another, five louis here, three louis there. He gave notes, made ruinous agreements, dealt with usurers, with every type of money-lender. 

• Listing

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• foreshadowing

What are NOT the effect of the quote?

^{And he did borrow, asking for a thousand francs from one man, five hundred from another, five louis here, three louis there. He gave notes, made ruinous agreements, dealt with usurers, with every type of money-lender.}

• He is working hard on collecting money because he wants to declaw his cat.

• It shows how dedicate he is to find money for the necklace.

• He is trying to collect money to sell the necklace.

• The author lists the difficulty he encounters while collecting money to illustrate his motivation for the new necklace.

What is the main literary device in the quote?

And Loisel, who had aged five years, declared: "We must consider how to replace the jewel."

• Hyperbole

• Dialogue

• Diction

• Plot

She went up to her.

"Good morning, Jeanne."

The other, astonished to be addressed so familiarly by this common woman, did not recognize her. She stammered:

"But - madame - I don't know. You must have made a mistake."

"No, I am Mathilde Loisel."

Her friend uttered a cry.

"Oh! ... my poor Mathilde, how you've changed! ..."

Why does she cry?

• She is faking a cry because her friend used to be prettier than her, and now she is ugly and old.

• Mathilde wears dirty clothes and the dust goes into Madame Forestier's eyes.

• She is astonished by how much Mathilde has changed throughout the years.

• She cries because she already knew she gets a new necklace made of real diamond in exchange of a fake one. She cries out of joy.

Which is the best analysis of the story?

She was prettier than all the other women, elegant, gracious, smiling, and full of joy. All the men stared at her, asked her name, tried to be introduced. All the cabinet officials wanted to waltz with her. The minister noticed her.

• Listing. She enjoys her moment of happiness that the necklace brings to her. Listing is used to illustrates that she is materialistic and shallow.

• Irony. She could have been a pretty woman, but she actually lives in poverty. It is ironic that she desires something she will never have.

• Listing. Listing is used to show she is beautiful and gorgeous, which is why she assumes she deserves a wealthy life.

• Hyperbole. She shines because of the necklace, which exaggerates her materialism into excessive pride that wealth brings.

How does living poor and dissatisfied demonstrate itself through conflict?

• Happily, patient, lucky

• Excessive pride, materialism and shallowness

• Generosity, careful, maternal

• Narcissistic, egotistical, greedy

Which quotes explain the conflict: excessive pride, materialism and shallowness the best?

• "No; there is nothing more humiliating than looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women."

• She tried on the jewelry in the mirror, hesitated, could not bear to part with them, to give them back.

• Madame Loisel looked old now...she sat down near the window and thought of that evening at the ball so long ago, when she had been so beautiful and so admired.

• "Yes, I have had some hard times since I last saw you, and many miseries ... and all because of you! ..."