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match the themes from mark twains \the £1,000,000 bank - note\ with the excerpts they represent.
impending doom wealth worship rags to riches
... 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.

Explanation:

Brief Explanations
  1. The excerpt about shrinking from touching the million-pound note treats the money as sacred, which reflects the worship of wealth.
  2. The excerpt about a young person suddenly gaining widespread attention shows a rise from obscurity to prominence, fitting the rags-to-riches theme.
  3. The excerpt expecting a "crash" and having to "swim or drown" conveys a sense of coming disaster, matching impending doom.
  4. The excerpt about being seen as a rich gentleman despite playful dress shows a rise from a lesser status to being viewed as wealthy, fitting rags to riches.
  5. The excerpt about standing on a thin crust over a crater conveys a sense of imminent disaster, matching 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." → rags to riches
  • "It scared me broad awake, and made me comprehend that I was standing on a half-inch crust, with a crater underneath." → impending doom