In “the fallacy of success,” chesterton writes that the biographer of vanderbilt “merely wished to prostrate himself before the mystery of a millionaire.” which of the following best describes the reference of the metaphor in this excerpt?
a bank vault
a corporate boardroom
a medical examination room
a religious ceremony

Why was britain concerned about france's defeat by germany at the end of the 19th century? a. britain lost the economic support of the french governmentb. britain had wanted to attack france as wellc. british people thought they also might be attacked by the germansd. british people felt sorry for the former french king and his family

Even the insistent cough of the woman next to him wasn't enough to draw his eyes away from the tiny type of the ancient book its pages were brittle and felt like they could crumble at the slightest disturbance he noticed the musty odor if each page as he carefully it over.

Which type of character best describes odysseus ?