Question
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The Necklace
by Guy de Maupassant
1- The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures
who sometimes are born, af if by a silp of fate, into a family of
clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being
known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished
man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of
Public Instruction.
2- She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she
was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station; since
with women there is neither caste nor rank, for beauty, grace and
charm take the place of family and birth. Natural ingenuity, instinct
for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy, and
often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest
ladies.
3- Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all
delicacies and all luxuries. She was distressed at the poverty of her
dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the
ugliness of the curtains. All those things, of which another woman
of her rank would never even have been conscious, tortured her
and made her angry. The sight of the little Breton peasant who did
her humble housework aroused in her despairing regrets and
bewildering dreams. She thought of silent antechambers hung
with Oriental tapestry, illumined by tall bronze candelabra, and of
two great footmen in knee breeches who sleep in the big
armchairs, made drowsy by the oppressive heat of the stove. She
thought of long reception halls hung with ancient silk, of the dainty
cabinets containing priceless curiosities and of the little coquettish
perfumed reception rooms made for chatting at five o'clock with
intimate friends, with men famous and sought after, whom all
women envy and whose attention they all desire.
4- When she sat down to dinner, before the round table covered
with a tablecloth in use three days, opposite her husband, who
uncovered the soup tureen and declared with a delighted air, "Ah,
the good soup! I don't know anything better than that." she
How does the marked passage
in Section 81 of Maupassant's
"The Necklace" show how
Mathilde and her husband are
alike?
A. They both were able to identify the
necklace.
B. They both Know many jewelers.
C. They are both worried sick.
Answer
None of the options provided accurately answer the question. The marked passage in Section 81 of "The Necklace" does not show how Mathilde and her husband are alike.