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,

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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 started the fight?

a) the servants of both houses
b) the capulet servants and tybalt
c) the montagues and benvolio
d) the people of verona

a) the servants of both houses

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet," Benvolio blames the servants of both Capulets and Montagues for beginning the fight. In fact, he tells Lord Montague that his servants were fighting the Capulets' servants before he got there. Besides, he claims that he intended to separate them until Tybalt challenged him and more people joined the battle.

According to Benvolio, a) the servants of both houses started the fight.

Explanation: In Act I, Scene I of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the servants of the Capulet family, Gregory and Sampson, start fighting against a servant of the Montague family as a result of the long-lasting rivalry between the two families. Benvolio, Romeo's cousin, identifies the servants of both houses as the initiators of the fight; however, when he tries to separate them, Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, enters the scene and starts fighting against Benvolio.

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