THE NECKLACE"
1. What piece of evidence best illustrates how Mathilde's attitude changed after she vowed
to replace Madame Forestier's necklace?
A. She washed the plates, wearing out her pink nails on the coarse pottery and the
bottoms of pans. She washed the dirty linen, the shirts, and dish-cloths, and hung
them out to dry on a string
B. And he went out. She remained in her evening clothes, lacking the strength to get into
bed, huddled on a chair, without volition or power of thought.
C. First, she saw some bracelets, then a pearl necklace, then a Venetian cross in gold
and gems, of exquisite workmanship. She tried the effect of the jewels before the
mirror, hesitating, unable to make up her mind to leave them, to give them up. She
kept on asking: "Haven't you anything else?"
D. "I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear," she
replied. 'I shall look like absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the
party."