Excerpt from The Necklace

Guy de Maupassant

2 She had no proper wardrobe, no jewels, nothing. And those were the only things that she loved--she felt she was made for them. She would have so loved to charm, to be envied, to be admired and sought after.

Why does the wife feel so unhappy?

A) Many people admire her and envy the things that she has.

B) She is lonely because her husband is often away from home.

C) Her husband complains about her cooking and refuses to eat the meal that she cooked.

D) She does not have any of the finer things in life that she feels that she was made for.

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Carolyn Rhodes

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15 October, 09:39

Excerpt from The Necklace

Guy de Maupassant

2 She had no proper wardrobe, no jewels, nothing. And those were the only things that she loved--she felt she was made for them. She would have so loved to charm, to be envied, to be admired and sought after.

Why does the wife feel so unhappy?

A) Many people admire her and envy the things that she has.

B) She is lonely because her husband is often away from home.

C) Her husband complains about her cooking and refuses to eat the meal that she cooked.

D) She does not have any of the finer things in life that she feels that she was made for.

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Adrienne Wood · Answer 1

D) She does not have any of the finer things in life that she feels that she was made for.

Explanation:

The excerpt states "She had no proper wardrobe, no jewels, nothing." Some people consider these material things to be the finer things in life.