Hey There!!
Your best answer choice will be is Were.
Because You were the most important person at the time makes sense. But, If you put You was the important person at the time doesn't make sense at all... Hope This Helps!!
By ♡~Itsbrazts♡~
Poe's narrator descends into madness early on in the story and from then on, he experiences psychological turbulence that results in the murder of his wife and his own imprisonment for life.
The correct answer is A, the sentence is grammatically incorrect.
There should be an "I" before "would like to"