Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that consists in making a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, this comparison is made using the words "like" and "as." A metaphor is also a comparison but it is direct (it doesn't use the words "like" or "as"). The given sentence isn't an example of a simile, nor a metaphor, because it isn't comparing elements, when it says "velvet shoes" it is just describing the shoes using an adjective.
Neither, because the shoes could be made of velvet, in that case, then it is neither or if the shoes are not really made of velvet, it is a metaphor. it is definitely not a simile
A makes the most scene, as it is the act of Lenny talking about soft objects to Curley’s Wife that leads to her eventually demise, which leads towards the climatic moment.
