Q.
Answer
these questions briefly after you have read the story carefully:
(a)
Do
you think Madame Loisel was happy with her marriage with an ordinary
clerk? Quote examples from the lesson to substantiate your answer.
(b)
Why did Madame Loisel avoid visiting her friend?
(c)
On learning about the invitation to the ball Madame Loisel behaved in
a surprising manner. What surprised her husband?
(d)
What were the problem that made her feel reluctant to go to the ball?
(e)
The story says that Mathilde was a great success at the ball. Quote
the lines from the story that tells you this.
(f)
In spite of being a great success at the ball Mathilde could not
enjoy her success for long. Why was it so?
(g)
‘All was ended for her.’ This statement has more than one
meaning. Explain the different meanings of this particular statement.
(i)
Who
does ‘her’ refer to?
(ii)
What
were the things that ended for her?
(h)
In the end Madame Forestier comments ‘my necklace was paste!’
What does she mean by saying this?
(i)
The following are the steps taken by Mathilde’s husband to try
and find the lost necklace. They are jumbled up. Put them in the
right order.
(i)
Went to the cab companies
(ii)
Visited the newspaper offices
(iii)
Returned
without any news
(iv)
Went
to the police headquarters
(v)
Went
back over the whole route to see whether he could find it
(j)
Do you think it was right on the part of Madame Loisel to have
borrowed the necklace? Why/Why not?
(k)
What would you have done if you had been in place of Madame Loisel
when the necklace was lost?
