Question

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match the themes from mark twains \the £1,000,000 bank-note\ with the excerpts they represent.
impending doom rags to riches wealth worship
... he shrank from touching the million pound bank note as if it had been something too sacred for poor common clay to handle.
well, you can imagine how it was with a young fellow who had never been taken notice of before, and now all of a sudden couldnt say a thing that wasnt taken up and repeated everywhere;
i judged that there was going to be a crash by and by, but i was in now and must swim across or drown.
he said he hoped he wasnt afraid to trust as rich a gentleman as i was, merely because i was of a merry disposition, and chose to play larks on the public in the matter of dress.
it scared me broad awake, and made me comprehend that i was standing on a half-inch crust, with a crater underneath.
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Explanation:

1. For the excerpt “... he shrank from touching [the million pound bank note] as if it had been something too sacred for poor common clay to handle.”: The description of the bank - note as too sacred for a poor person to touch shows the excessive regard for wealth, so it matches “wealth worship”.
2. For the excerpt “Well, you can imagine how it was with a young fellow who had never been taken notice of before, and now all of a sudden couldn't say a thing that wasn't taken up and repeated everywhere;”: A young man who was previously unnoticed becomes highly regarded, which is a “rags to riches” story arc.
3. For the excerpt “I judged that there was going to be a crash by and by, but I was in now and must swim across or drown.”: The mention of a coming crash and the feeling of being in a dangerous situation with the need to either succeed or fail (drown) indicates a sense of “impending doom”.
4. For the excerpt “He said he hoped he wasn't afraid to trust as rich a gentleman as I was, merely because I was of a merry disposition, and chose to play larks on the public in the matter of dress.”: The trust given because of the person's wealth shows the importance placed on wealth, so it matches “wealth worship”.
5. For the excerpt “It scared me broad awake, and made me comprehend that I was standing on a half - inch crust, with a crater underneath.”: The feeling of standing on a fragile crust with a crater below implies a sense of an impending disaster or “impending doom”.

Answer:

• “... he shrank from touching [the million pound bank note] as if it had been something too sacred for poor common clay to handle.”: wealth worship
• “Well, you can imagine how it was with a young fellow who had never been taken notice of before, and now all of a sudden couldn't say a thing that wasn't taken up and repeated everywhere;”: rags to riches
• “I judged that there was going to be a crash by and by, but I was in now and must swim across or drown.”: impending doom
• “He said he hoped he wasn't afraid to trust as rich a gentleman as I was, merely because I was of a merry disposition, and chose to play larks on the public in the matter of dress.”: wealth worship
• “It scared me broad awake, and made me comprehend that I was standing on a half - inch crust, with a crater underneath.”: impending doom