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, prepared,




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Which, as he breathed 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?

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