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


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"The fact had all gone abroad..." is rags to riches.
The quote describes how the eating house went from "being a poor, struggling...enterprise" to being "celebrated, overcrowded with customers.

"Why, it isn't six months..." is also rags to riches.
He is described at first as sitting up nights on extra allowance to being a millionaire.

"When the crash should come..." is impending doom.
The very beginning indicates that something bad (the crash) is coming. This quote also mentions total destruction.

"Please get those things off..." is rags to riches.
He literally changes his clothes from something ordinary to clothes that were made to order for a prince.

"Deep in debt, not a cent" is wealth worship.
In this quote, he is wishing for a salary that may never materialize.

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