Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Here were the servants of your adversaryAnd yours close fighting ere I did approach:I drew to part them; in the instant cameThe fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepar’d, 95Which, as he breath’d defiance to my ears,He swung about his head, and cut the winds,Who, nothing hurt withal hiss’d him in scorn.
Answer
A
the servants of both houses
B
the Capulet servants and Tybalt
C
the Montagues and Benvolio
D
the people of Verona
Explanation
Benvolio says that the servants of his own house and the servants of his adversary’s house were fighting when he arrived. He drew his sword to separate them, so the correct choice is “the servants of both houses.”
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