1. which of the following statements by mme. loisel represents a fact?

a.) “only i don’t have an evening dress and therefore i can’t go to that affair.”
b.) “it’s embarrassing not to have a jewel or a single gem—nothing to wear on my dress.”
c.) “there’s nothing more humiliating than to look poor among a lot of rich women.”

2. what is the connotation of the word common as it is used in this excerpt from "the necklace"?

the other, not recognizing her, showed astonishment at being spoken to so familiarly by this common person.

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.