The Necklace Vocab Review

The Loisels suffered great _____ after being forced to put every penny they earned toward paying off the necklace. Food was scarce and they wore old, dirty clothing.

• Privations

• Gallantries

• Chagrin

• Volition

Mathilde was ____ at the idea of wearing a flower or a dress she already owned to the party. She wouldn't be caught dead in those when surrounded by wealthy people she wanted to impress.

• appalled

• coquettish

• stupefied

• remorse

When they learned that the necklace was a fake all along, the Loisels were ______. They were in complete shock.

• remorseful

• stupefied

• chagrin

• appalled

If Mathilde had been seen by the others at the party, leaving in her old coat, she would have been _____. This is why she took off without waiting for a cab.

• Franc

• coveted

• stupefied

• chagrinned

Mathilde borrowed the necklace of her own ______. She made her own choices and nobody forced her to lie to Madame Forestier for all those years!

• gallantries

• remorse

• volition

• chagrin

Loisel served as a _____ for many years. He worked at keeping records and account information. This had to be helpful when keeping track of all of the individuals he needed to pay back.

• Volition

• Franc

• covet

• clerk

Prior to working for ten years to pay off the debt of the necklace, Mme. Loisel _____ all of the things that rich people had. Those were what she cared most about.

• coquettish

• coveted

• remorsed

• chagrinned

After learning that the necklace was a fake, Mathilde felt a great deal of _____ for all that she had put her husband through. If she had just told the truth to begin with, she would be in a very different place.

• remorse

• covet

• chagrin

• privations

The men at the party displayed _______ as they held doors for the women, complimented them on their dresses, and held their coats for them.

• coquettish

• gallantries

• remorse

• Francs

The Loisels borrowed _______ from several different people in order to purchase the new necklace.

• Gallantries

• Privations

• Coquettes

• Francs