In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

A poet visited Tenali Raman hoping to impress him with some poems he had written. Raman asked (1)______ to leave the poems with him and promised to read them (2)______. The man, however, insisted on (3)______ out the poems to him. As the poet droned (4)______ Raman fell asleep. When he woke up, the poet asked: “Sir, shall I read the (5)______ again?"