Who among the following were NOT members of the Kit-Cat Club?
- A. George Etherege
- B. Richard Steele
- C. Samuel Johnson
- D. William Congreve
- E. Joseph Addison
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Correct answer: C. A and C only
Explanation
The Whig Kit-Cat Club (c. 1700–20) included Addison, Steele, Congreve and Vanbrugh. Etherege died around 1692, before it formed; Johnson, a Tory born in 1709, founded The Club (1764).
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