Read the first stanza from "The Raven."Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore–While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door– Only this and nothing more."
Answer
A
The speaker is up late at night reading and hears a knocking sound.
B
The speaker is sleeping and is awakened by someone calling to him.
C
The speaker is reading a ghost story and imagines that he sees a ghost.
D
The speaker is napping and does not hear a visitor who taps on the door.