The government official objects to having horses depicted on wallpapers and flowers on carpets because he is of the belief that everything should be factual, i.e. backed by logical facts. And in that effect, he does not believe that horses can be on walls in real life and neither can flowers be on carpets.
The action is the verb.
Therefore:
I EAT the ice cream.
I PLAY with my friends.
So it's I AM surprised ...
Arrogant due to his fortune and growing up around similar characters. Snobbish due to mistreatment perhaps from a close friend in his childhood. And above all, honest, which may be a product of good upbringing and certainly insight on his true character.
B) seems like the only answer that appears to have a true attitude.
Because then it has a sense of image on what the reader is trying to convey
