"The Necklace"

"She was one. of those pretty and charming girls who are sometimes, as if by mistake of destiny, born in a family of clerks." What does this imply?

• One is born into the social class one deserves.

• You cannot move out. of the social class, you are born into.

• Beautiful people are expected to be of a higher social class

• Clerks are assumed to be unintelligent.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How does Mme. Loisel feel about her social standing?

• Dissatisfied and resentful

• Indifferent, but somewhat content

• Angry and unhappy

• Worried and anxious

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

According to the narrator, what determines social class?

• Charm and grace

• One's professional rank

• The family which one is born into

• Destiny

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following best evidences the fact that Mme. Loisel's husband cares about her happiness?

• "...her husband, who uncovered the soup tureen and declared with an enchanted air, "Ah, the food pot-au-feu! I don't know anything better than that."

• "He threw over her shoulders the wraps which he had brought, modest wraps of common life..."

• "But, one evening, her husband returned home with a triumphant air, and holding a large envelope in his hand."

• Her husband, already half undressed, demanded: "What is the matter with you?"

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Which of the following is not a description of Monsieur Loisel?

• Economical

• Pragmatic

• Selfish

• Thoughtful

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"They found, in a shop at the Palais Royal, a string of diamonds which seemed to them exactly like the one they looked for." This is an example of:

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the end, how has poverty changed Mme. Loisel?

• She looks older than she is.

• She has become a hard worker.

• She has lost some of her pride and vanity.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mme. Forestier is the antagonist in the story.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does Mme. Forestier respond to the shock at the end?

• Compassionately

• Ruthlessly

• Indifferently

• Sorrowfully

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The twist at the end of the story is an example of:

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Suspense

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5