The Heavy Footsteps on the Stairs Get Closer and Closer

Multiple Choice

The heavy footsteps on the stairs get closer and closer. Slowly, the door to the bedroom creaks open. As a strange man with a knife in his hand lunges in, you let out an ear-piercing scream. Which of the following most accurately describes your nervous system at this point?

A) Your parasympathetic nervous system is more active than your sympathetic nervous system.
B) Neither your sympathetic nor your parasympathetic nervous systems are unusually active.
C) Both your sympathetic and your parasympathetic nervous systems are extremely active.
D) Your sympathetic nervous system is more active than your parasympathetic nervous system.