Madame Loisel couldn't be happy with her simple life. She always wished for more, like fancy dresses and shiny jewels. Even though her husband tried to make her happy with what they had, she kept dreaming of a life of luxury. In the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, Madame Loisel says she feels like she was born for a better life, even though she came from a family without much money. This feeling made her act without thinking, like borrowing a necklace. But this decision caused her a lot of problems later on. It teaches us that wanting things we can't have can lead to big troubles.

The following text is adapted from Guy de Maupassant’s short story The Necklace (1884). 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 highest lady in the land. According to the text, what is true about the woman described?Choose 1 answer:She wished she was born into a higher class of society.eliminateShe never wanted to get married.eliminateShe was unhappy with the simplicity of her life.eliminateShe always dreamed of starting her own business.elimin

7. The text below is an example of what way of presenting textual evidence?                “The Necklace” is a powerful critique of societal expectations and the destructive nature of unbridled ambition. Mathilde Loisel’s relentless desire for material wealth and social recognition leads her down a path of deceit, financial ruin, and personal tragedy. The story exposes the illusion of appearances and the arbitrary nature of social hierarchies.*SummarizingParaphrasingQuotingReferencing

Mary-Jane, who is 18, saw a nice necklace advertised in her local newspaper at a very low price. Feeling very pleased with herself for spotting the advertisement, she went to the store that was selling the necklace as soon as she finished school the next day. Mary-Jane was very upset to find, when she reached the store, that the necklace was no longer being sold at the special low price. She demanded to see the manager. The manager explained that the necklace had been very popular at the special low price and, having sold a lot of the necklaces at that low price the store had now reinstated, that morning, the old price. Mary-Jane said: "you can't do that, I demand that you sell me that necklace at the special price!"   Mary-Jane argued with the manager for a while and then went home, determined to find out what the law said about all this.After studying the Reading, identify the legal issue in this situation. What is the law that applies here? How does that law apply in this situation? Based on your understanding of the law, state whether you think Mary-Jane can demand to buy the necklace at the special low price advertised in the local newspaper.

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Madame Duval describes what life was like when she was a little girl. Complete her story in the imparfait.Quand j’ (1)                                          (avoir) dix ans, j’ (2)                                          (habiter) à la campagne. On (3)                                          (avoir) besoin de peu de choses. Nous (4)                                          (faire) nos vêtements nous-même et (5)                                          (prendre) tous nos repas ensemble. Moi, je (6)                                          (lire) tous les soirs et mon frère et moi, nous (7)                                          (rire) souvent ensemble. C’ (8)                                          (être) vraiment bien.