Word Choice Quick Check

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

surprised
surprised

shook
shook

calmed
calmed

Answer 1

terrified