The Necklace / Another Orhan Trivia

1. What did Madame Loisel do first when she saw Madame Forestier at the end of the story?

• 1. M. Loisel developed M. Forestier another neckl that she got with loaned money from other people

• 1. M. Losiel confesses to M. Forestier that she actually has lost the original neackle.

• M. Losiel blamed her because he thought that the misfortunes in his life were due to Forestier having lent her the necklace.

• 1. M. Loisel finds out that the necklace that she has lost was false, and she ruined her life because of nothing. 

When did Madame Loisel realize that she had lost the necklace?

• 1. When she was returning back from the party

• 1. When she was in the party

• When she was looking herself in the mirror after the party

• 1. When she was looking herself in the mirror before the party

What can we infer about Madame Loisel’s husband's position in the story and his attitude?

• 1. He pleases her with everything she asks of him since she is in charge of doing the housework.

• 1. He pleases her in everything she asks of him since she manipulates him, making him feel miserable and in a miserable life.

• 1. He pleases her with everything she asks since she has enough money to please him in return, so it is a mutual treaty of favors.

• 1. He pleases her in everything she asks of him since, due to his miserable life, he feels the need to please his wife and children.

What’s the definition of the word ‘‘homage’’?

• Respect or honor given to a person

• 1. Disrespect or dishonor given to a person

• 1. Messy; disordered

• 1. Structured; ordened

In the following options, which one has the definition of ‘‘exorbitant’’?

• 1. Reasonably high in cost

• 1. Unreasonably high in cost

• 1. Reasonably low in cost

• 1. Unreasonably low in cost

In which of these sentences  the word “solace” in the reading “Another Orhan” is used correctly?

• 1. Gustave Flaubert, who visited Istanbul 102 years before my birth, was struck by the variety of life in its solace streets…

• 1. As if it were a dream which I felt my voice fading and my will be solace to enchantment.

• 1. I know this persistence owes something to my imaginary friend, the other Orhan, and to the solace I took from the bond between us.

• 1. For me it has always been a city of ruins and of end-of-empire solace. I've spent my life either battling with this solace or making it my own.

What is the part of speech of the word “jovial” in the reading “Another Orhan”?

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

• Preposition

In which of the following options is the meaning of the word “succumbing” in the reading “Another Orhan?

• 1. Giving in to something 

• 1. Full of something 

• 1. A feeling of sadness

• 1. Good-humored, happy

Why does Pamuk doesn’t like to write about the experiences of his life in other cities?

• 1. Because he doesn’t like to copy other authors' work. 

• Because he wants to be original.

• 1. Because he is in love with Istanbul. 

• 1. Because he doesn't like to remember all the things that he suffered while being in other countries without his family.

When Pamuk says that we have first life and second life, what is he referring to with second life?

• 1. That second life refers to when we don't remember things by our own conscience, just by things other people have told us.

• 1. That second life refers to when we remember things by our own conscience. 

• 1. That second life refers after we die, when we have another life.

• 1. That second life refers to when a person has a day life and in the night is another one.