Not Hyperbole, not Idiom, not Metaphor, so it must be Personification
First of all you want to figure out the equation to break even/ make just enough to pay back the cost it takes to setup. In this case it would be 1g-50=50 but since you need profit you need to edit the function by simply putting a greater than sign replacing the equal sign 1g-50>50. Or you change the 50 on the right side of the first equation with p. 1g-50=p. And profit is the amount you get after taking 50 away from your total income. so p basically equals the term >50
I believe the answer is A (fear) or if you wrote the answers in a different order A,B,C,or D but the answer will be fear because in the excerpt is says:''I was stunned'' and it also says ''<span>How could we let Father go to such a fate?''
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The beam of wood looks like a club or a a staff. It looks like a large olive tree or like a mast of a ship with twenty oars (a very big mast).
Hope this helps :)