Which option identifies an explicit meaning of the above excerpt?

PLZ HELP ODDYSEYWARE.
A) the members of the brigasta enjoy telling lighthearted stories
B dioneo the narrator is concerned about pleasing his audience
C Most of the stories have featured kind and generous noblemen
D dioneo’s story will be about a marquis

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.