Respuesta :
B. Gerasim belongs to the bourgeoisie. A process of elimination can be used. Geraldine being good about his hygiene, and being able to stay cheerful don't have much to do with the context of the sentence. Also working class peasants wouldn't likely have good dental hygiene.
how can he be apart of the bourgeoisie if he is a peasant? so the answer is either A or C.