Question
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Which excerpt from "The Necklace" is an example of irony that has the effect identified in Part A?
• A. "You must write to your friend," he said, "and tell her that you've broken the clasp of the necklace and that you're getting it mended. That give us time to decide what to
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• B. The next day they took the case in which it had been kept and went to the jeweler whose name appeared inside it. He looked through his ledgers: "I didn't sell this necklace,
madame. only supplied the case."
• C. They asked the jeweler to hold it for them for three days, and they stipulated that he should take it back for 34,000 francs if the other necklace was found before the end of
February.
• D. Madame Forestier, profoundly moved, took Mathilde's hands in her own. "Oh, my poor, poor Mathilde! Mine was false. It was worth five hundred francs at the most!"
Answer
D. Madame Forestier, profoundly moved, took Mathilde's hands in her own. "Oh, my poor, poor Mathilde! Mine was false. It was worth five hundred francs at the most!"