Read the last Paragraph now) --> When my excitement had calmed. I said to myself, " This is a dream -- simply a hideous dream." And so I lay thinking it over until I convinced myself that it was a dream. and then a comforting laugh relaxed my lips and I was happy again. I got up and struck a light; and when I found the locks and bolts were just as I had left them, another soothing laugh welled in my heart and rippled from my lips. I took my pipe and lit it, and was just sitting down before the fire, when -- down went the pipe out of my nerveless fingers, the blood forsook my checks. and my placid breathing was cut short with a gasp! In the ashes on the hearth, side by side with my own bare footprint. was another, so vast a visitor, and the elephant tread was explained. ( Question 1: How does hyperbole best affect the meaning of these sentences from the passage? My hold parted. and for the third time the blankets slid away. I groaned. An answering groan came from the foot of the bed! Beaded drops of sweat stood upon my forehead. I was more dead than alive. A) It indicates the fear the narrator feels when he hears a groan in his room., B) It provides evidence that the narrator feels tired and overheated., C) It shows that the narrator has exerted himself too much., D) It implies that the narrator is too warm ith the blankets on him. ( WILL MARK BRAINLIEST BUT PLEASE ONLY ANSWER THE QUESTION IF YOU TRULY KNOW THE ANSWER. In summer school and need to pass). ​