1. <span>Gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it necessary to disguise them
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<span>a Tell a story about rappelling into a cavern that can't be reached any other way.</span>
The answer is a simile. This is because similes compare two things (these things here are his life and the dusty yards) by using like or as (specifically here as).
The other ones don't make sense: nothing is being over exaggerated (hyperbole), there are no repeating consonants (alliteration), and there are no human characteristics being given to inhuman subjects (personification).
It means that all the deaths of people get to him/her. Meaning that he/she hates all the deaths that's been happening. <span />
