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Explanation:
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Question 1.
One evening her husband returned elated bearing in his hand a large envelope. ‘Here’, he said, “here is something for you.”
(a) Why was the husband elated?
(b) What was the reaction from ‘you’?
(c) Find the word from the extract that means the same as ‘wrapper’.
(d) What is the antonym of ‘elated’?
Answer:
(a) The husband was elated as he brought home an invite to the Minister’s residence. He knew it would make his wife happy.
(b) ‘You’ or his wife, unexpectedly, was not the least happy and she made her displeasure very obvious.
(c) ‘Envelope’ means the same as ‘wrapper’ from the extract.
(d) Its antonym is ‘sad’.
Question 2.
He threw around her shoulders that modest wraps they had carried whose poverty clashed with the elegance of the ball costume. She wished to hurry away…
(a) What precedes these fines?
(b) ‘She’ wished to hurry away. Why?
(c) Which word in the given extract is a synonym of ‘not expensive’?
(d) What is the opposite of ‘poverty’?
Answer:
(a) These lines follows Matilda’s success at the ball where she was idolised. Her beauty and elegance was praised by everyone.
(b) She, ‘Matilda’ did not wish to shatter the illusion of her grandeur that she had so successfully managed to convey others by putting on such a shabby wrap. So, she wished to hurry away to escape the notice of the rich women.
(c) ‘Modest’ is the synonym of ‘not expensive’ from the extract.
(d) Its opposite is ‘affluence’.
Question 3.
She learned the odious work of a kitchen… she seemed old now. She had become strong, hard woman, the crude woman of a poor household.
(a) Who seemed old now? .
(b) What had made her ‘crude’?
(c) Which word in the given extract is an antonym to ‘pleasant’?
(d) What part of speech is ‘crude’ in the extract?
Answer:
(a) Matilda seemed old now.
(b) Ten long years of poverty, and a constant struggle and strife for survival had made her ‘crude’.
(c) ‘Odious’ is the antonym of‘pleasant’ in the extract.
(d) It is an adjective.
Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks each]
Question 1.
What would Matilda often dream of?
Answer:
Matilda would often dream of all the delicacies, luxuries, elegant dinners, marvellous dishes, rich silver, beautiful dresses, jewels, adoration and a life of glory. She would escape into her dreams from the dullness of her very humble existence.
Question 2.
Why did Matilda throw the invitation spitefully?
Answer:
Matilda was simply displeased when her husband showed the invitation. She felt humiliated and threw the invitation spitefully as she had nothing beautiful enough to wear to such a grand gathering.
Question 3.
Describe Mme Loisel’s success at the ball.
Or
Do you think M Loisel had an enjoyable evening at the ball? Give reasons for your answer. [CBSE 2014]
Answer:
Mme Loisel was the centre of attention at the ball. Her beauty, her grace, her joy and the gorgeous smile captivated all. Men sought to be presented to her. She danced happily at her conquest of all.
Question 4.
What excuse did Loisels put up to explain the delay in returning the necklace?
Answer:
Loisels had lost the necklace and needed time to find an identical one. Thus, Loisels wrote a letter to Mme Forestier with an excuse that the clasp of the necklace was broken and they needed time to get it repaired.
Long Answer (Value Based) Type Questions [8 Marks each]
Question 1.
Mme Loisel’s disposition invites her doom. Comment in the context of the text you’ve read.
or
What kind of person is Matilda Loisel?
Support your answer giving examples from the story “The Necklace”.
Answer:
Mme Loisel belongs to a family of clerks. Her existence is quite average. They live on meagre income, enough for basic needs but not to fulfil aspirations. She gets married to a clerk and is so caught up with her dreams of wealth and pleasure that she is out of touch with the truths of her real life. In order to keep up appearances just to flatter her pride, she blows up four hundred francs on a gorgeous dress. And, not contented, she goes on borrowing a necklace from her friend. And, all of this is just to impress the wealthy and the rich with her beauty and glamour (even if on loan). No doubt, her pride is flattered and her wish of fine dining, expensive dresses and jewels satisfied but at a great price. Unfortunately, the necklace has lost and the couple has to cough up their entire inheritance and borrow as well to replace it. Repayment of the debt eats away the next ten years of their youth. They live poor. All the house hold chores and cares of a life of poverty visit them. Hence, her disposition invites her doom.
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