English Exam: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and
Practice Questions
Mathilde Loisel - The _______ of the story. Mathilde has been blessed with physical ______ but
not with the affluent _____ she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with her lot in life.
When she prepares to attend a _____ party, she borrows a _______ necklace from her friend
Madame Forestier, then _____ the necklace and must work for ten years to pay off a
replacement. Her one night of _______ cost her and Monsieur Loisel any chance for future
_______ - ✔✔protagonist, beauty, lifestyle, fancy, diamond, loses, radiance, happiness
Monsieur Loisel - Mathilde's _______
Monsieur Loisel is content with the small pleasures of his life but does his best to appease
Mathilde's ______and assuage her complaints. He loves Mathilde immensely but does not truly
______ her, and he seems to underestimate the depth of her unhappiness. When Mathilde
loses the ________, Monsieur Loisel sacrifices his own ____ to help her repay the debt. He pays
dearly for something he had never wanted in the first _____ - ✔✔husband, demands,
understand, necklace , future, place
Madame Forestier - Mathilde's _______ friend. Madame Forestier treats Mathilde ______, but
Mathilde is bitterly _______ of Madame Forestier's wealth, and the kindness pains her.
Madame Forestier lends Mathilde the necklace for the party and does not _______it when
Mathilde returns it. She is horrified to realize that Mathilde has wasted her life trying to pay for
a replacement necklace, when the original necklace had actually been worth ______ -
✔✔wealthy, kindly, jealous, inspect, nothing
The Deceptiveness of Appearances
The reality of Mathilde's situation is that she is neither ______ nor part of the ______ _____ of
which she feels she is a deserving member, but Mathilde does everything in her power to make
her life appear different from how it is. She lives in an illusory world where her actual ______
does not match the ideal life she has in her _______—she believes that her beauty and charm
make her ______ of greater things. The party is a triumph because for the first time, her
appearance matches the _____ of her life. She is ______ than the other women, sought after by
Practice Questions
Mathilde Loisel - The _______ of the story. Mathilde has been blessed with physical ______ but
not with the affluent _____ she yearns for, and she feels deeply discontented with her lot in life.
When she prepares to attend a _____ party, she borrows a _______ necklace from her friend
Madame Forestier, then _____ the necklace and must work for ten years to pay off a
replacement. Her one night of _______ cost her and Monsieur Loisel any chance for future
_______ - ✔✔protagonist, beauty, lifestyle, fancy, diamond, loses, radiance, happiness
Monsieur Loisel - Mathilde's _______
Monsieur Loisel is content with the small pleasures of his life but does his best to appease
Mathilde's ______and assuage her complaints. He loves Mathilde immensely but does not truly
______ her, and he seems to underestimate the depth of her unhappiness. When Mathilde
loses the ________, Monsieur Loisel sacrifices his own ____ to help her repay the debt. He pays
dearly for something he had never wanted in the first _____ - ✔✔husband, demands,
understand, necklace , future, place
Madame Forestier - Mathilde's _______ friend. Madame Forestier treats Mathilde ______, but
Mathilde is bitterly _______ of Madame Forestier's wealth, and the kindness pains her.
Madame Forestier lends Mathilde the necklace for the party and does not _______it when
Mathilde returns it. She is horrified to realize that Mathilde has wasted her life trying to pay for
a replacement necklace, when the original necklace had actually been worth ______ -
✔✔wealthy, kindly, jealous, inspect, nothing
The Deceptiveness of Appearances
The reality of Mathilde's situation is that she is neither ______ nor part of the ______ _____ of
which she feels she is a deserving member, but Mathilde does everything in her power to make
her life appear different from how it is. She lives in an illusory world where her actual ______
does not match the ideal life she has in her _______—she believes that her beauty and charm
make her ______ of greater things. The party is a triumph because for the first time, her
appearance matches the _____ of her life. She is ______ than the other women, sought after by
