The answer should be:
B.
But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
(from "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe)
It meant to convince the audience. That is the first one
An adverb is an adjective + a verb. Meaning, it's a word that describes what someone/something is doing during the action.
A (whistle) & C (referee) are both nouns - person, place, or thing.
D (red) is just an adjective - describing something
B would make the most sense, it's telling you what the referee does with his whistle.
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The author Mary Shelley use the word chimerical in that line because she said that the powers of Cornelius Agrippa were improbable and because she wanted to say this in a fancy way.
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BTW, Mary Shelley is the author of Frankenstein <span />
