Directions: Read the passage and answer the question. Ordinarily nothing upset the equilibrium of the Pundit. But the loss of the necklace, which his wife had borrowed from a neighbour, and the fact…
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Ordinarily nothing upset the equilibrium of the Pundit. But the loss of the necklace, which his wife had borrowed from a neighbour, and the fact that he had to replace it worried him. He spent all his time in devising ways and means to repay the debt. Six months later, he gave his wife a gold necklace. It was exactly what she had yearned for. “There is no need to repay it”, she said. The pundit was surprised. She explained, “the necklace was not stolen. That was the only way I could think of making you get me one”.
Ordinarily nothing upset the equilibrium of the Pundit. But the loss of the necklace, which his wife had borrowed from a neighbour, and the fact that he had to replace it worried him. He spent all his time in devising ways and means to repay the debt. Six months later, he gave his wife a gold necklace. It was exactly what she had yearned for. “There is no need to repay it”, she said. The pundit was surprised. She explained, “the necklace was not stolen. That was the only way I could think of making you get me one”.
The Pundit's wife had told him a lie in order to
- trick him into satisfying her yearning
- punish him
- make him repay a debt
- force him to work hard to earn more
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - trick him into satisfying her yearning
She told him the lie because it was 'the only way I could think of making you get me one': a trick to have her yearning for a necklace satisfied. Nothing suggests she wanted to punish him, and the debt she invented was never real.
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