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Setting the Scene of Romeo and Juliet, Part 2 — Quiz

Question 10 • English Language Arts 9

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Benvolio: Here were the servants of your adversary And yours close fighting ere I did approach: I drew to part them; in the instant came The fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepar’d, 95 Which, 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. According to Benvolio, who caused the fight?

Answer
A
the people of Verona
B
the Montagues and Benvolio
C
the servants of both houses
D
the Capulet servants and Tybalt