Use the excerpt from “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to answer the question.

Question

Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church,

By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,

To the belfry-chamber overhead,

And startled the pigeons from their perch

Which word has a meaning similar to startled but with a more negative connotation?

(1 point)
Responses

terrified
terrified

shook
shook

surprised
surprised

calmed

Answer 1

terrified