Question

"She produced the key from her pocket and opened the trunk in my presence-this was a great honor for me, for the venerable trunk had never before been opened in the presence of another person-and immediately there wafted out of it a strange yet familiar scent, a scent of age, a smell of the distant past, of years which have been folded up and stored away."

A. sight
B. taste
C. touch
D.. sound

Answer 1

The answer would be E. smell

Answer 2

Reading the passage there are two senses that are evidently used. These senses are A. SIGHT and though not included in the choices SENSE OF SMELL.

Sense of sight - seeing her produce the key from her pocket ; seeing a trunk being opened.

Sense of smell - smelling a scent once the trunk that has been opened.