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extract given below and answer the questions that follow
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Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the
invitation spitefully upon the table murmuring, "What do you suppone I
want with that" ?
(a) The invitation was
1) to attend a wedding ceremony (ii) to attend an opera
(iii) to watch a horse race (iv) to attend an official dance party
(b)
The husband had hoped for his wife's happy reaction because :
(1) she rarely got a chance to attend a function.
(1) most employees used to get invited.
(iii) both (1) and (1) are correct.
(iv) both () and (ii) are incorrect.
(c) The lady was frustrated because
(d) Which word in the passage means the same as whispering?
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Answers
Answer:
a) to attend an official dance party
B) both I and ii are incorrect
C) she had nothing good to wear and adorn herself with
D) murmured
Reading Comprehension
(a) 1) The invitation was to attend an official dance party
Explanation:
In the story 'The Necklace' Monsieur Loisel was a petty clerk who could hardly take his beautiful wife to grand parties.
So when there was an invitation from the Ministry of Education to attend an official dance party he immediately seized the opportunity .
(b) 1) she rarely got a chance to attend a function.
Monsieur Loisel was a good husband. He always felt guilty that he was a very simple man and stood nowhere in comparison to her beauty.
c) The lady was frustrated because she did not have any proper clothes to wear for the high profile party. She also did not have any expensive jewels to exhibit. Although she was exquisitely beautiful yet she did not have the proper apparel and accessories to groom herself.
d) Murmuring.
Whispering is a verb that refers to speaking something in an extremely low tone.
The word murmuring is synonymous to whispering as it refers to uttering something indistinctly.
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