Madame Loisel, the main character in Guy de Maupassant's story "The Necklace," is un-happy with the rather _______, ordinary life she lives.

• bland

• chronic

• ideal

• obtuse

She finds her shabby apartment _________and disgusting

• contemptible

• incomprehensible

• malicious

• bland

Madame Loisel is constantly finding fault with her life. She lives in a state of ______ disatisfaction

• diligent

• chronic

• ideal

Madame Loisel has the necessities of life, her unhappiness might be ___________ to someone who is truly poor.

• ideal

• pessimistic

• incomprehensible

Madame Loisel acts as though he husband is being deliberately ______ when he doesn't understand her reluctance to go to the party. She thinks it is obvious that her poor wardrobe won't allow it.

• pessimistic

• contemptible

• obtuse

• ideal

Madame Loisel borrows a necklace to wear to the part, then loses it. She and her husband are _________ in their efforts to replace the necklace; in fact, they ruin themselves in order ton buy a new one.

• diligent

• pessimistic

• obtuse

• contemptible

When Madame Forestier, the woman from whom Madam Loisel borrowed the necklace, sees her old friend again after ten years, she does not recognize her. At first, she thinks Madame Loisel is an ___________ stranger who is disrespectful in approaching her,

• pessimistic

• ideal

• impertinent

• obtuse

Certainly, the story of Madame Loisel is a ____________ one, but not all Maupassant's stories are this quite and gloomy.

• ideal

• incomprehensible

• pessimistic

________________, the reader will recognize that even though she is far from perfect, Madame Loisel does not deserve her fate. Not all readers come to this conclusion, however.

• Spitefully

• Incomprehensibly

• Diligently

• Ideally

Madame Loisel does not intend to be hateful when she first rejects an invitation to an upper-class party, but to her husband her reaction probably seems harmful, or ________

• soothing

• chronic

• malicious