Arrange the following in chronological order of publication:

1. A. Dryden, An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
2. B. Woolf, A Room of One's Own
3. C. Arnold, Culture and Anarchy
4. D. Johnson, Lives of the Poets
5. E. Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads

1. AA, D, E, C, B
2. BD, A, E, B, C
3. CA, C, D, E, B
4. DE, D, C, A, B

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

Explanation

Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668) → Lives of the Poets (1779–81) → Preface (1800) → Culture and Anarchy (1869) → A Room of One's Own (1929).