Arrange the following works in chronological order:

1. A. Arnold, Culture and Anarchy
2. B. The Anatomy of Melancholy
3. C. Hobbes, Leviathan
4. D. Pater, Studies in the History of the Renaissance
5. E. Shelley, A Defence of Poetry

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

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

Explanation

The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) → Leviathan (1651) → A Defence of Poetry (written 1821; pub. 1840) → Culture and Anarchy (1869) → The Renaissance (1873).

Note: The source attributes The Anatomy of Melancholy to Thomas Browne; it is by Robert Burton. The order is unaffected.