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THE NECKLACE
Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract.
“She suffered incessantly, feeling herself born for all delicacies and luxuries. She suffered from the poverty
of her apartment, the shabby walls and the worn chairs. All these things tortured and angered her.
When she seated herself for dinner opposite her husband who uncovered the tureen with a delighted air,
saying, “Oh! the good potpie! I know nothing better than that...,” she would think of elegant dinners of
shining silver; she thought of the exquisite food served in marvellous dishes. She had neither frocks nor
jewels, nothing. And she loved only those things.
She had a rich friend, a schoolmate at the convent, who she did not like to visit- she suffered so much when
she returned. She wept for whole days from despair and disappointment.”
(A)
i Choose the option that list the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. Matilda was very pleased with her life.
2. Matilda envied her friend for being well-off.
3. M Loisel didn’t appreciate what Matilda cooked.
4. Matilda despised the fact that she lived a life of poverty.
5. Matilda never felt troubled, though she desired a luxurious life.
6. Matilda thought of grand dinners and silverware sitting at the dinner table.
7. Matilda felt depressed after visiting her friend.

a) 1, 3, 6
b) 3, 5, 7
c) 1, 3, 5
d) 2, 4, 7

ii Which word does ‘delicacies’ NOT correspond to?
a) etherealness
b) elegance
c) exquisiteness
d) robustness

iii Choose the answer that lists the correct option of what a ‘tureen’ is?

a) Option (i)
b) Option (ii)
c) Option (iii)
d) Option (iv)

iv Choose the characteristic displayed by M Loisel in the extract.
a) conceited
b) contended
c) appeased
d) subdued

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