Updated on 20/06/2026
Ch.-7. The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
1. Who is the author of the story ‘The Necklace’?
Ans. Guy de Maupassant
2. Who is invited to a grand ministerial party?
Ans. Mr. and Mrs. Loisel (Matilda Loisel)
3. In which family was Matilda born?
Ans. Into a family of clerks
4. What did Matilda marry due to her lack of a dowry ?
Ans. Poverty and a lack of luxury
5. What was the profession of Matilda Loisel’s husband?
Ans. He was a petty clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction.
6. What did her husband want to buy for which he had saved four hundred francs?
Ans. A hunting gun (to shoot larks with his friends)
7. Who invited Mr. and Mrs. Loisel to attend a ball?
Ans. The Minister of Public Instruction and Mme Georges Ramponneau
8. What was the cost of Matilda’s elegant new dress?
Ans. Four hundred francs
9. What did Matilda borrow from her rich friend to wear in the party?
Ans. A diamond necklace
10. What was the cost of the new diamond necklace to buy the replacement?
Ans. 36,000 francs
11. From which specific jewelry shop did they find the identical replacement?
Ans. The Palais-Royal shop.
12. When did they come back from the party?
Ans. At 4 o’clock in the morning
13. What was the office time of Mr. Loisel?
Ans. 10 o’clock
14. What did Mr. and Mrs. Loisel lose?
Ans. A necklace
15. How much time did Loisel take to repay the loan?
Ans. Ten years
16. What was the real name of Mme Forestier?
Ans. Jeanne
17. What was the actual cost of the diamond necklace?
Ans. 500 Franks
18. What material was the original borrowed necklace actually made of?
Ans. False diamonds
Textual Questions
*1. What kind of a person is Mme Loisel? Why is she always unhappy?*
Ans. Mme Loisel was a young and pretty woman. She was born in a family of clerks. She wanted to spend a happy and luxurious life. It was not possible in the clerk's family. So she was always unhappy.
*2. What kind of a person is her husband Mr. Loisel?*
Ans. Her husband is a very simple and kind-hearted person. He is an ordinary man. He wants his wife to be happy. He wants to please her. He makes sacrifices to give her the luxury. He is willing to sacrifice his own savings and comforts just to bring a smile to her face.
*3. After buying her expensive dress, what fresh problem deeply disturbs Mme Loisel?*
Ans. Although she gets a beautiful new dress worth four hundred francs, Matilda becomes upset because she does not have any fine jewelry to wear with it. She feels that wearing a beautiful dress without jewels will make her look poor at a grand party. She rejects her husband's suggestion to wear natural roses, calling it humiliating.
*4. How do they replace the lost necklace?*
Ans. Eventually, they could not find the necklace and decided to replace it with a new one. They purchased a new diamond from the Palais-Royal shop. It seemed exactly like the one they had lost. They bought it for thirty-six thousand francs.
*5. The course of Loisel's life changed due to the necklace. Comment.*
Ans. To repay the massive loan of thirty-six thousand francs, the Loisels had to give up their comfortable life completely. After replacing the lost necklace with a new one. They had to repay all the money that they had borrowed to buy the new necklace. They also sent away their maid. Mr. Loisel took on extra evening and night work copying documents, while Matilda spent ten years doing heavy domestic chores like scrubbing floors.
Long answer
*1. Give a brief character sketch of Mrs. Matilda Loisel. How does her tragic experience transform her into a different person? *
Ans. Matilda is the young and beautiful wife of Mr. Loisel. He is a clerk in the board of Education. Matilda is proud of her beauty. She thinks she is a victim of social injustice. She is unhappy with her husband‟s small income, house and old furniture.
Her husband does his best to make her happy. He puts up with her foolish demands. The loss of the necklace proves a turning point in their life. After the loss she becomes mature, humble and grateful. She sacrifices every pleasure to get out of this problem. Though this brutal ten-year struggle ruins her physical beauty and ages her prematurely, it makes her a careful and responsible woman.