Question

What does this excerpt from act 1 of Romeo and Juliet reveal about the Montague-Capulet feud?

ABRAHAM: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
SAMPSON: I do bite my thumb, sir.
ABRAHAM: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
SAMPSON: (aside to GREGORY) Is the law of our side, if I say ay?
GREGORY: No.
SAMPSON: No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.
GREGORY: Do you quarrel, sir?
ABRAHAM: Quarrel sir! no, sir.
SAMPSON: If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you.
ABRAHAM: No better.
SAMPSON: Well, sir.
GREGORY: Say 'better:' here comes one of my master's kinsmen.
SAMPSON: Yes, better, sir.
ABRAHAM: You lie.
SAMPSON: Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

Select all the correct answers.

A.The servants are more serious about the feud than their masters.
B.The servants of both households use the feud as an excuse to pick fights with each other.
C.The Capulet-Montague feud is petty, foolish, and easily blown out of proportion.
D.The servants don’t take the feud seriously and are disinterested in its outcome.
E.The young noblemen of both houses use the feud as an excuse to pick fights.

Answer 1

B.The servants of both households use the feud as an excuse to pick fights with each other.

C.The Capulet-Montague feud is petty, foolish, and easily blown out of proportion.

Step-by-step explanation:

Not A because the masters are serious about the feud,

Not D because the servants are willing to fight over this. Although it is initially humorous/mischievous, the encounter escalates quickly.

Not E because this scene does not feature any young noblemen.