What excuses/reasons for being absent for 3 days straights in school

Is this personification? "i have played the fox,now i must play the cat of the fable"

Read the sentence: though margo moved as slowly as a snail in the morning, she somehow ended up being the shining star at the corporations breakfast meeting. which phrase from the sentence is an example of the authors use of simile? a) being the shining star b) somehow ended up c)the corporations breakfast meeting d)moved as slowly as a snail

This series of works has captured the imaginations of people all over the world. a. incarcerated c. jailed b. seized d. arrested