Simile:

 as wet as sponges
 like an unexploded bomb
 like a prize-fighter
 examinations are something like death

Metaphor

 struggling like a cow in a bog

Repetition

 “ Number one hundred and sixty-one," he began. "Number three hundred and two. Number
three hundred and six."

Allusion

 congratulations and handshakes

 "Pass" or "Failed"

Epithet

 impressionable music
 dear old boy
 elderly man
 false answer
 a tiny waiting-room
 restless crowd

Parallelism

 The world stood still. The traffic stopped, the plants ceased growing, men were paralysed,
the clouds hung in the air, the winds dropped, the tides disappeared, the sun halted in the
sky.