Answer:
b) She felt entitled to riches because of her looks.
Explanation:
Madame Loisel, as can be inferred from the paragraph, is not born in a wealthy family, but certainly possesses great beauty and charm. The statement, <em>"She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station;" </em>indicates her dissatisfaction with her humble situation, the sorrow of which she feels as though it were a step-down from a "higher-station."
Here, "higher-station" cannot be a major change in her financial situation after marriage, because she was born in a family of clerks and subsequently married a clerk. It, however, suggests that she felt that she was entitled to more than what she got, and that her not being able to dress well, or have luxury in a way, was like a step-down from what she deserved because of how she looked.
Penelope basically tells the suitors that the man who can string the bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axe heads will win her hand and marriage. So disguised as a beggar Odysseus successfully strings the bow and grabs an arrow and shoots it straight through 12 axe heads. Eventually he makes his way back to Penelope but she isn’t convinced is really him. So she tells him that he can sleep outside her room on the bed on the bed that Odysseus carved. Oddysseus snapped and asked her who moved the his bed that was carved straight from the roots of a olive tree that the room was built around. Penelope knew that only he would have known about the bed so she instantly knew it was him.
