WorksheetsThe Jewels
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 19mins
After selling all the jewels, Monsieur Lantin is
coldly, furiously bitter at having been financially cheated
torn with regret at having parted with his mementos of his beloved wife
ashamed to have been so desperate as to sell them
boldly extravagantly, recklessly boastful about his fortune
Monsieur Lantin's reaction to learning what his wife had done is one of
sorrow and embarrassment
fury and self-destruction
exhilaration and release
disbelief and exasperation
When Monsieur Lantin first meets his wife-to-be, he likes her
love of imitation jewelry
naive honesty
simply beauty
wealth
Monsieur Lantin attempts to sell one of his wife's jewels because
he cannot live on his income and has almost no money left
in her will, his wife advised him to
a friend at the Ministry offers him a great deal of money for them
he cannot stand the painful memories they arouse
The jeweler's assistants are amused by Monsier Lantin because they
think he's been wearing the jewels himself
know what his late wife was doing
find ministry officials ridiculous
know he's being cheated by the jeweler
Why is Monsieur Lantin surprised when the jewelry names his price for the necklace?
He had though the necklace was fake, not real jewelry.
The jeweler has read Monsieur Lantin's mind precisely.
Monsieur Lantin has no desire to sell the necklace.
He thinks he deserves more money than was offered for the necklace.
Readers are expected to infer that Madame Lantin obtained the jewels
from Monsieur Lantin's office superior
in robberies
as presents from men
by working secretly in a shop
When Madame Lantin dies, Monsieur Lantin
remarries immediately
sells the jewels immediately
is overcome with grief
is relieved
Which of the following aspects of the story is NOT ironic?
Although Madame Lantin was unfaithful, she was still an ideal wife in every other respect.
Madame Lantin at first seems to be simple and virtuous but later turns out to have been immoral.
Where Lantin's first wife's dishonesty made him unhappy, his second's wife virtuousness makes him miserable.
Monsieur Lantin's salary is barely enough to keep him going.
Monsieur Lantin's life with his wife is happy EXCEPT that she
drags him to the theater in the evenings
is not a good manager of the household expenses
keeps having to sell her jewels in order to pay the rent
is moody
When Monsieur Lantin marries a second time
his new wife makes him so happy that he forgets his first wife
the same thing happens as when he married his first wife
he cannot be happy because he cannot leave behind the memory of his first marriage
his new wife's bad temper causes him much unhappiness
The reader is surprised by the events of "The Jewels" as Monsieur Lantin is because the narrator
distracts the reader with descriptions of the flashy jewels
tells the story from the wife's point of view
emphasizes the strict morals of the wife
tells nothing about the wife her husband doesn't know
What is the setting of "The Jewels"?
Paris
New York City
London
Venice
