THE NECKLACE

Which of this best describes the character of Madame Loisel?

• She did not want to be married to a rich man.

• She was born to a wealthy (rich) family.

• She longed to be envied and desired.

Why did Mrs. Loisel not want to go to the party?

• She did not feel well.

• She did not like the Minister of Education.

• She did not have a gown

How much money did Mr. Loisel give his wife to buy a dress for the party?

• 40 thousand francs

• 36 thousand francs

• 400 francs

How did the couple get the money to pay for the replacement necklace?

• They used Mr. Loisel's inheritance.

• They borrowed it.

• Both a and b

What did Mrs. Loisel find out about the necklace that she borrowed?

• It was a fake.

• The clasp was broken.

• It was stolen.

What is the setting of this story?

• Paris, France

• Rome, Italy

• Tegucigalpa, Honduras

What literary device is used in this statement?

“You realise it wasn’t easy for us, we had no money.”

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Synecdoche

Answer explanation

This is a hyperbole because she obviously didn't have nothing especially because she bought a new, real, diamond necklace.

What literary device is used in this statement?

“All these things, of which other women of her class would not even have been aware, tormented and insulted her”

• Simile

• Personification

• Metonym

Answer explanation

“These things” have no ability to "torture" and “insult” a human, and this personification conveys Mathilde's unwillingness to take any personal responsibility for her own feelings of misery.

What kind of structure is used in this part of the text?

“But sometimes, when her husband was at the office, she sat down by the window and thought of that evening long ago, of the ball at which she had been so beautiful and so much admired.”

• Flashback

• Chronological order

• Foreshadowing

Answer explanation

This is a transition in the story to the past, that “she had been so beautiful and so much admired”. It interrupts the normal chronological order of events.

What literary device is used in this statement?

“Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs!”

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Answer explanation

Situational irony: The contrast between the value of the fake necklace and the effort the couple spent to buy the diamond necklace