The Necklace Class 10 Worksheet English Chapter 5

Q.1. One day Mr. Loisel received an invitation from: 
(a) The Minister of Health            
(b) The Minister of Home Affairs
(c) The Minister of Sea Affairs    
(d) The Minister of Public Instruction

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.2. How much time did they take to repay the loan? 
(a) Two years                    
(b) Five years
(c) Ten years                      
(d) Twenty years

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.3. What was the excuse given for the delay in returning the necklace?

Matilda wrote to Mme Forestier that she had broken the clasp of the necklace and would repair it before returning. They thought this would give them time to find the necklace.

Q.4. What would Matilda often dream of?

Matilda would often dream of all the delicacies, luxuries, elegant dinners, marvelous 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.

Q.5. Why did Matilda throw the invitation spitefully?

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.

Q.6. How was Mrs. Loisel ‘a mistake of destiny’?

Mrs. Matilda Loisel was very charming and pretty. She appeared to be a lady of a high family. But she was born into a family of clerks. As her parents did not have much money, she was married to a clerk. But her thoughts were high. She wanted to enjoy the luxuries of life. So, the writer says that she was ‘a mistake of destiny.’

Q.7. What excuse did Loisels put up to explain the delay in returning the necklace?

Loisel 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.

Q.8. Loisel wished to keep his wife in good humour. Which values of Matilda impress him?

Loisel wished to keep his wife in good humour. Mrs Loisel was a beautiful and delicate woman. She was fond of all riches and luxuries. She thought she deserves all these and thought that it is an error of destiny that she is born in a poor family and married to a mere clerk in the office of the Board of Education. Matilda’s beauty and style impressed Lisle. He tried his best to keep her happy. She was fond of parties and balls. That’s an 8 W y when Lisle got an invitation of Ball of minister’s residence. He was happy for his wife. He bought her a new dress for the ball, with the money he had saved to buy a hunting gun. He loved her so much that he bought the new diamond necklace to replace the lost one for thirty-six thousand francs which lost all his savings and compelled him to do extra jobs after office time. He did all this because he loved his beautiful wife very much and wanted to keep her happy.

Q.9. Do you think the story is aptly titled? Justify your answer.

The whole narrative of the story ‘The Necklace’ revolves around a young woman Matilda, who in her foolish pride borrows a necklace inviting misery and sorrow for herself as well as for her husband. The ‘necklace’ has lost and the Loisels fall into tremendous debt. They spend the next ten years of their life in paying debt for the replacement of the lost necklace. Their entire life moves around impoverished everyday saga of misery and hunger and the necklace, in fact, changes the very course of their life. Also, it is against the back drop of the necklace that Matilda’s pride and dishonesty are highlighted. At the same time, the necklace serves a twist at the end as it turns out to be a fake one. The story is, hence, most aptly titled as the necklace is, in fact, the leading character of this ironic tale of desire, the doom and the tragedy.

Q.10. What is your opinion about M. Loisel?

M. Loisel was a petty clerk at the office of the Board of education. He was a satisfied and content man. He found happiness in the little delicacies of life. M. Loisel was also a very caring husband. Despite having saved his money for himself, he gladly gave it away to his wife to buy a pretty dress. M. Loisel was also a man of honor. He did not deceive his wife’s friend. Instead, he took out a loan to buy a necklace and then spent ten difficult years repaying the loan.