she produced the key from her pocket and opened the trunk to my presence this was the 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 :

A. sight

The narrator is viewing the trunk. The smells are figurative.

The answer would be E. smell.