The verb in this sentence is "talked" because it's an action.
When could is used it refers to an ability that <span>a person generally had in the past or to something that was generally possible in the past, can is present.
I could wash the dishes for you. (having the ability to do it)
I can wash the dishes for you. (its actually going to be done)
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Answer: B) Mark Antony is willing to kill his own nephew to gain more political power.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, we can see a conversation between Lepidus and Mark Antony, where Lepidus says that Publius shall not live (Publius is Mark Antony's nephew) and Mark Antony says that he is willing to kill him. So form this information we can see that Mark Antony is willng to kill his own nephew to gain more political power.
The type of creation story is Earth diver creation in which a diver, usually a bird plunges underwater to find mud which develops life on earth hope this helps :)