Match the themes from mark twain's "the £1,000,000 bank-note" with the excerpts they represent.

1. the fact had gone all abroad that the foreign crank who carried million-pound bills in his vest pocket was the patron saint of [harris' eating-house]. that was enough. from being a poor, struggling, little hand-to-mouth enterprise, it had become celebrated, and overcrowded with customers.

2. when the crash should come, he might somehow be able to save me from total destruction; i didn't know how, but he might think of a way, maybe.

3. deep in debt, not a cent in the world, a lovely girl's happiness or woe in my hands, and nothing in front of me but a salary which might never--oh, would never--materialize!

4. why, it isn't six months since you were clerking away for blake hopkins in frisco on a salary, and sitting up nights on an extra allowance, me arrange and verify the gould and curry extension papers and statistics. the idea of your being in london, and a vast millionaire, and a colossal celebrity!

5. get those things off, sir, and throw them in the fire. do me the favor to put on this shirt and this suit; it's just the thing, the very thing--plain, rich, modest, and just ducally nobby.

the three theme choices are: "rags to riches" "impending doom" "wealth worship"

the previous answers, including verified, have all been wrong. it's why the question is reposted.

1. The fact had gone all abroad that the foreign crank who carried million-pound bills in his vest pocket was the patron saint of [Harris' eating-house]. That was enough. From being a poor, struggling, little hand-to-mouth enterprise, it had become celebrated, and overcrowded with customers. - Rags to riches. The excerpt refers to an enterprise that was once poor and struggling and has now become popular and flowing with costumers, refering it went form poor to rich or from rags to riches.

2. When the crash should come, he might somehow be able to save me from total destruction; I didn't know how, but he might think of a way, maybe. - Impending doom. The author states that a crash will come and affect him, thus representing a feeling of impending doom.

3. Deep in debt, not a cent in the world, a lovely girl's happiness or woe in my hands, and nothing in front of me but a salary which might never--oh, would never--materialize! - Wealth worship. The author refers to his poor economic situation as he is deep in debt and has now money ("Not a cent in the world "). He further claims his salary would never materialize, implying he would like to be wealthy.

4. Why, it isn't six months since you were clerking away for Blake Hopkins in Frisco on a salary, and sitting up nights on an extra allowance, helping me arrange and verify the Gould and Curry Extension papers and statistics. The idea of your being in London, and a vast millionaire, and a colossal celebrity! - Rags to riches. The author writes about how the person he refers to was once working on only a salary, going through night shifts to earn an extra allowance and now has become a "vast millionare" in London.

5. Please get those things off, sir, and throw them in the fire. Do me the favor to put on this shirt and this suit; it's just the thing, the very thing--plain, rich, modest, and just ducally nobby. - Wealth worship. The author is asking of a person to throw his clothing into the fire and wear apparel that would likely make him look wealthy.

I just took a Post Test and it had different excerpts to chose from, but here are the answers to the one on the post test if anyone is looking for them...

"He shrank from touching...">Wealth Worship

"I judged that there was going to be a crash..."> Impending Doom

"It scared me broad awake..."> Impending Doom

"Well, you can imagine how it was with a young fellow..."> Rags To Riches

"He said he hoped wasn't afraid to trust..."> Wealth Worship

These are all correct on the post test... NOT FOR THIS QUESTION.

beginner

government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

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