Help plz 20 points

How can you tell that the text is from a biography

In “the bet” by anton p. chekhov, what motivates the lawyer to participate in the bet?

Which pair of uses of figurative language from “the caged bird” support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression? back of the wind; floats downstream his wings are clipped; his feet are tied the caged bird sings; the free bird thinks dawn bright lawn; grave of dreams