Read these lines from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

The lines describe two households in Verona whose long-standing grudge leads to renewed fighting and bloodshed. Choice A, “Two feuding families shed blood over an ancient grudge,” brings those ideas together. Choice C mentions the grudge and Verona but leaves out the violence emphasized in the lines.

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