Arrange the following works chronologically:

1. A. Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
2. B. Hobbes, Leviathan
3. C. Pepys, Diary
4. D. Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
5. E. Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

1. AB, C, D, E, A
2. BA, C, D, E, B
3. CC, D, A, B, E
4. DD, E, A, C, B

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

Explanation

By date of composition: Leviathan (1651) → Pepys's Diary (written 1660–69) → The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) → Locke's Essay (1689/90) → Boswell's Life (1791). By publication the Diary (first printed 1825) would come last (B, D, E, A, C), which no option offers.

Note: The key holds only if Pepys is dated by composition.