The Necklace - Vocabulary

Question 1

Guy de Maupassant

Answer 1

• 1850-1893, from France
• wrote 300 short stories, 6 novels, along with other works
• one of the world’s greatest short story writers
• believed writing should force us to look at a deeper meaning of events

Question 2

ingenuity

Answer 2

• noun

- inventiveness, imagination

Question 3

immoderate

Answer 3

• adjective

- extravagant, unrestrained

Question 4

privations

Answer 4

• noun

- hardships, poverties

Question 5

impertinence

Answer 5

• noun

- insolence, disrespect

Question 6

ingeneous

Answer 6

• adjective

- simple, frank