Answer:
B. He is suprised that someone snuck up on him.
Explanation:
Jumping is usually a response to fear and his soeaking sounds more annoyed than afriad.
“Quick, Policles, quick!” he cried. “My pony is tethered behind yonder grove. A grey he is, with red trappings. Get you gone as hard as hoof will bear you, for if you are taken you will have no easy death.”
“No easy death! What mean you, Metas? Who is the fellow?”
<span>“Great Jupiter! did you not know? Where have you lived? It is Nero the Emperor! Never would he pardon what you have said about his voice. Quick,
man, quick, or the guards will be at your heels!” - This was the
conversation of Policles and his friend, Metas of Corinth</span>
My novel choice - Peak
Poor thesis - Peak Climbs a Mountain
(See how that gave no details whatsoever? It wasn't specific enough!)