The answer would be A. The rest of the sentence is in past tense, so that would also be.
A general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases.
Less. Most fruitful and best are both superlative, and hyper is just positive.
Antony's speech is a turning point for the conspirators. Caesar has been murdered, and the conspirators have explained the situation. Although Antony does not openly disagree with them, we see that he believes the act was wrong when he adresses the crowd. Brutus has already talked to the people, and he argued that Caesar was killed out of love for Rome. Antony, however, turns the crowd against them. He reminds the people of everything that Caesar did for Rome. By carefully presenting his arguments, he succeeds in turning the crowd against the conspirators.