Answer:
The correct answer is B) The reader experiences what seems to be a romantic escape only to be returned to the reality of death.
Step-by-step explanation:
What effect does being tricked into this false prediction have on the reader? An Inner Story of the Civil War
The cord fell away; his arms parted and floated upward, the hands dimly seen on each side in the growing light. He watched them with a new interest as first one and then the other pounced upon the noose at his neck. They tore it away and thrust it fiercely aside, its undulations resembling those of a water snake.
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,"
Ambrose Bierce