Question

“That I may show you in deed my contempt for that by which you live, I waive the two millions of which I once dreamed as of paradise, and which I now despise. That I may deprive myself of my right to them, I shall come out from here five minutes before the stipulated term, and thus shall violate the agreement.”
What motivates the lawyer to write the above in a letter?

his love for the banker
his hatred of freedom, life, and health
his contempt for money and gold
his joy at being able to leave the room

Answer 1

The answer is C: his contempt for money and gold

The passage shows that while, at one point, the banker truly loved money and believed it to be/provide paradise, now he sees it with "contempt" and he "despises" it. In fact, he hates it so much that he will "deprive [him]self of [his] right to them.

Answer 2

B) his hatred of freedom, life, and health