Question

In The Necklace, which sentence from the short story best creates a sense of surprise? Question 2 options: a) "She waited all day, in the same condition of mad fear before this terrible calamity." b) "Every month they had to meet some notes, renew others, obtain more time." c) "‘And it has taken us ten years to pay for it.'" d) "‘It was worth at most only five hundred francs!'"

Answer 1

D) "'It was worth at most only five hundred francs!'"

The way it is said with an exclamation point is they are surprised that it is worth that much.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentece from the short story "The Necklace" that causes surprise in the reader is the one that reveals that the borrowed necklace, which was supposed to be made of diamonds, was merely a replica.

This means that all of Mathilde's hard work to pay for the one she bought to replace the one she lost, was not necessary to begin with, since the original only costed five hundred francs.