Which of the following idioms do not contribute to the theme of "The Smoke Seller"?

Read the excerpt from the odyssey then his chores being all dispatched she caught another brace of man to make his breakfast and whisk away his great door slab to let his sheep go through but he behind reset the stones as one would cap a quiver what two things are being compared in this epic simile

Me determine which are quote or paraphrase.

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room.which verb best completes the sentence?