The Necklace

She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans. She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of Education. Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her; for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm serving them for birth or family, their natural delicacy, their instinctive elegance, their nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of rank, and put the slum girl on a level with the highest lady in the land.

She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains. All these things, of which other women of her class would not even have been aware, tormented and insulted her. The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do the work in her little house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her mind. She imagined silent antechambers, heavy with Oriental tapestries, lit by torches in lofty bronze sockets, with two tall footmen in knee-breeches sleeping in large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth of the stove. She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming, perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other woman's envious longings.

When she sat down for dinner at the round table covered with a three-days-old cloth, opposite her husband, who took the cover off the soup-tureen, exclaiming delightedly: "Aha! Scotch broth! What could be better?" she imagined delicate meals, gleaming silver, tapestries peopling the walls with folk of a past age and strange birds in faery forests; she imagined delicate food served in marvelous dishes, murmured gallantries, listened to with an inscrutable smile as one trifled with the rosy flesh of trout or wings of asparagus chicken.

She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And these were the only things she loved; she felt that she was made for them. She had longed so eagerly to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought after.

She had a rich friend, an old school friend whom she refused to visit, because she suffered so keenly when she returned home. She would weep whole days, with grief, regret, despair, and misery.


Read each of the excerpts below from “The Necklace.” Most of them provide textual evidence for a theme related to the main character's belief that having more money would make her happy. Which excerpt is NOT related to this theme.

They walked down towards the Seine, desperate and shivering. At last they found on the quay one of those old night-prowling carriages which are only to be seen in Paris after dark, as though they were ashamed of their shabbiness in the daylight.

One evening her husband came home with an exultant air, holding a large envelope in his hand. "Here's something for you," he said. Swiftly she tore the paper and drew out a printed card on which were these words: "The Minister of Education and Madame Ramponneau request the pleasure of the company of Monsieur and Madame Loisel at the Ministry on the evening of Monday, January the 18th."

"I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear," she replied. "I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the party." "Wear flowers," he said. "They're very smart at this time of the year. For ten francs you could get two or three gorgeous roses." She was not convinced.

She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains.

Answer:

One evening her husband came home with an exultant air, holding a large envelope in his hand. "Here's something for you," he said. Swiftly she tore the paper and drew out a printed card on which were these words: "The Minister of Education and Madame Ramponneau request the pleasure of the company of Monsieur and Madame Loisel at the Ministry on the evening of Monday, January the 18th."

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What's in a Name?

Mucus is a great word, not only because it gives name to an important bodily function, but also because it is one of those words that simultaneously makes you feel grossed-out and giggly. Other words for this powerfully important human-health tool include slime and phlegm. Slang words for mucus include boogers and snot. All of these words have the same giggle-power, simply from the combination of consonants and vowels. By the way, mucus is an old word; it's been around since the mid-1600s and has roots back to Latin (mucere, to be moldy or musty) and Greek (myxa, mucus). While you may assume that words like snot and boogers are relatively new slang terms, they are not. Snot dates to 1560 and comes from an Old English word, gesnot, and has the same root as the word snout. The word booger is not quite as old but has been in use since the 1890s.
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a
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b
To list specific functions of mucus in the body
c
To support the idea that mucus is needed by our bodies
d
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Each body paragraph in an argumentative essay needs to contain a
A. Issue
B. Hook
C. Citation

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What does Frost mean by the line "So Eden sank to greif?"

How does Shakespeare present lady Macbeth as defying nature

Which revision is needed to correct the following sentence?
By sheer coincidence Maggie ran into her aunt and uncle, at the
grocery store.

A. Move the comma to after the word and.

B. Move the comma to after the word coincidence.

C. Add a comma after the word Maggie.

D. Add a comma after the word aunt.

Which excerpt from The Land, Part 4 is an example of direct characterization of Mitchell?

But I also figured Mitchell needed somebody to speak up for him, the same way Mitchell must have figured I needed somebody to speak up for me on the day we buried my mama.
At this time, though Mitchell had befriended me more than once in his way over the years, I still did not consider Mitchell a close friend.
I asked him if Mitchell could go with us. "He's right good with horses now," I said. "He's gentle with them, and they trust him."
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What is the following an example of?
Fran Cole, Climbing Mount Hope, 2017, pages 22-40


A. An effective source


B. A research question


C. Plagiarism

D. Bibliographic information

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Explain the following paradox:
Dieting makes you fat

Part A

What is a central idea in the Newsela article "Washed-Up Plastics Become Art with a Vital Message"?

Many people now look for trash to pick up when they are visiting the beach.
Creating artwork can be both beautiful and horrifying.
Children enjoy the art displays of sea creatures.
Increased awareness of the dangers of ocean pollution are creating interest in Pozzi's art.

Question 2

Part B

Which detail from the text best conveys the answer in Part A?

"She now has more than 70 pieces in three exhibitions currently traveling throughout the United States. She also has requests from overseas."
"'It's the only thing he's liked all day,' his grandmother said."
"An army of about 10,000 volunteers in Oregon help her collect, prepare and assemble the beach trash into art."
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Which of the following is a source of impulses?
A. social norms
B. peer pressure
C. emotions

Which image best supports the claim that community races are a great way to encourage people of all ages to
exercise?

How does the word vigorous affect the meaning of the sentence?

Vigorous supports scorn to show that pilots were not taken seriously.

Vigorous contrasts with feeble to show the importance of confidence.

Vigorous follows from ventured to show how weak pilots did their job.

Vigorous explains old times to show that only older pilots were respected.

After the war between the Titans and the
gods, which god ruled the sky? Which god
ruled the sea? Which god ruled the
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My name was Tommy Stubbins, son of Jacob Stubbins, the cobbler of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh; and I was nine and a half years old. At that time Puddleby was only quite a small town. A river ran through the middle of it; and over this river there was a very old stone bridge, called Kingsbridge, which led you from the market-place on one side to the churchyard on the other.

Sailing-ships came up this river from the sea and anchored near the bridge. I used to go down and watch the sailors unloading the ships upon the river-wall. The sailors sang strange songs as they pulled upon the ropes; and I learned these songs by heart. And I would sit on the river-wall with my feet dangling over the water and sing with the men, pretending to myself that I too was a sailor.

For I longed always to sail away with those brave ships when they turned their backs on Puddleby Church and went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea. I longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—Africa, India, China and Peru! When they got round the bend in the river and the water was hidden from view, you could still see their huge brown sails towering over the roofs of the town, moving onward slowly—like some gentle giants that walked among the houses without noise. What strange things would they have seen, I wondered, when next they came back to anchor at Kingsbridge! And, dreaming of the lands I had never seen, I'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

Which of the following best summarizes the main point of the plot as presented in the excerpt of "The Cobbler's Son"?

(6 points)

a
Tommy had little hope of escaping his quiet life.
b
Tommy hoped to live a life of adventure in his youth.
c
Tommy learned strange songs from sailors in his youth.
d
Tommy lived in a quaint, small village in his youth.

What is the difference between an equinox and a solstice?

Which of the following sentences contains a comma error ?

Why does Adichie call herself "a happy
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and who likes lip gloss and who wears high
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How does the description of the Easter Sunday event in "Marian Anderson Sings" differ from the description of the same event in the biography of Marion Anderson?

"Marian Anderson Sings" includes dialogue while the biography only includes description.
"Marian Anderson Sings" lists the songs that Marian Anderson performed, but the biography does not include this information.
"Marian Anderson Sings" includes the number of attendees while the biography does not address this detail.
"Marian Anderson Sings" describes Mrs. Roosevelt's major role in arranging the event, and the biography states that Mrs. Roosevelt was not very involved.

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Support your response with strong and thorough analysis.