They are describing colonel pickering from pygmalion, a play by george bernard shaw.
The answer would be simile because the phrase "She was sleeping like a log" is comparing two things using like or as.
Answer:
1. c) Boys and girls are equally talented
2 b) we can hear it easily
3 d) both (b) and (c) are correct
4(a) nature
5 a) tied so closely that it cannot be separated
I believe it would be option A, it states that his father believes that he is a traitor and his tone and language suggests anger and resentment at the fact that his son is joining