Unit 4 Topics Review

Which answer choice best identifies the situational irony in "The Necklace"?

• Monsiuer Loisel showing affection to his wife while Madame Loisel hates him.

• Madame Loisel thinking she is wearing an elegant necklace to the ball while in reality, it is a fake.

• Madame Forrestier considering Madame Loisel as Madame Losiel is actually jealous of Forrestier.

Which quotation from the story most clearly expresses this situational irony?

• By the end of a week they had lost all hope. Loisel, who had aged five years, declared: "We must see about replacing the diamonds."

• Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took her two hands. "Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs! . . .

• In a shop at the Palais-Royal they found a string of diamonds which seemed to them exactly like the one they were looking for. It was worth forty thousand francs. They were allowed to have it for thirty-six thousand.

Which answer choice best restates a main theme of "The Necklace"?

• Unchecked greed can lead to a person's downfall.

• It is better to tell the truth upfront.

• Envy is the root of all evil.

Which of the following is the evidence that most clearly supports the main theme?

• Madame Loisel fantasizes as much riches as her neighbors and friend. So, she ends up getting a necklace from Madame Forrestier.

• Monsieur Loisel hesitates to say no to his wife, and he ends up borrowing thousands of dollars.

• Madame Loisel insists on having everything she wants for the party, then she loses the necklace. Consequently, they work 10 years to pay it off.

Which of the following quotations from "The Necklace" are examples of sensory details? Choose the best three answers.

• girls walked

• rang with the sharp sound of footsteps.

• the cold ashes of the fire lay

• with their zinc plates shining in the sun

• boys ran

Which event is the inciting incident that most directly establishes the conflict "Regret"?

• Mamzelle Aurelie decided to stand in her gallery.

• Mamzelle Aurelie turned a marriage proposal.

• Odile drops her four children off at Mamzelle Aurelie's unexpectedly.

Which of the following details are examples of the particular historical context of "Regret" a story written over two centuries ago? Choose two that apply.

• The fact that Mamzelle is an independent woman.

• The fact that all transportation is by horse-drawn carriage.

• The fact that Mamzelle Aurelie pulls out an apron.

• The fact that Mamzelle Aurelie owns slaves.

Which answer choice best describes the resolution to the conflict in "Regret"?

• Mamzelle Aurelie gets use to the children.

• Mamzelle Aurelie responses sorrowfully to the departure of the children.

• Odile comes to reclaim her children after two weeks.

How does the speaker of the poem feel about the person he's writing the poem to?

• He finds the person's aura pleasing.

• He is irritated by their presence.

• He is overwhelmed by the heat they radiate.

Which lines from the poem best support your answer to the previous question?

• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

• Summer's lease hath all too short a date.

• Thou art more lovely and more temperate.