The Necklace Quiz

What was the profession of the junior clerk who proposed to the girl in the story?

• Doctor

• Lawyer

• Ministry of Education clerk

• Engineer

What did the girl dream of when she sat down to dinner with her husband?

• Great drawing rooms, fine furniture, trinkets and perfumes

• Being thin and pretty

• Cake

• Becoming a ballerina

How did the girl feel when she lost Madame Forestier's necklace?

• Relieved

• Happy

• Distressed

• Amused

What did Madame Loisel's husband do to pay for the replacement necklace?

• Borrow money, signed notes agreeing to high rates of interest

• Borrowed money from friends who were happy to help

• Nothing

• Worked as a maid

Where did Madame Loisel see Madame Forestier after ten years?

• At a market

• At a party

• At a restaurant

• On the Champs-Élysées

What was the value of the imitation necklace that Madame Loisel bought?

• Thirty-six thousand francs

• Five hundred francs

• One thousand francs

• Ten thousand francs

How long did Madame Loisel and her husband live in poverty to repay the debt?

• 15 years

• 10 years

• 5 years

• 20 years

What did Madame Forestier reveal about the lost necklace?

• It was a family heirloom

• It was a fake diamond necklace

• It was worth thirty-six thousand francs

• It was a gift from the Minister of Education

What did Madame Loisel tell Madame Forestier after ten years?

• To leave her alone and not speak to her

• She revealed she had lost the necklace then replaced it with a real diamond one

• She had been living in poverty trying to repay the debt from buying the replacement necklace

• She lied and said she had never lost the original