Arrange the following events in chronological order:

1. A. Caxton prints Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
2. B. Caxton sets up his press at Westminster
3. C. Gutenberg prints the Bible at Mainz
4. D. Caxton's Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, the first book printed in English
5. E. Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into English

1. AB, E, D, C, A
2. BC, B, E, A, D
3. CE, C, D, B, A
4. DD, A, B, C, E

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Correct answer: C. E, C, D, B, A

Explanation

Wycliffite Bible (c. 1382) → Gutenberg Bible (c. 1455) → Recuyell (Bruges, c. 1473–74) → Westminster press (1476) → Morte d'Arthur (1485).