Match List I with List II:
| List I: Author | List II: Work |
|---|---|
| A. Plato | I. Rhetoric |
| B. Aristotle | II. Symposium |
| C. P. B. Shelley | III. An Apology for Poetry |
| D. Philip Sidney | IV. A Defence of Poetry |
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Correct answer: D. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
Explanation
Plato's dialogue on love; Aristotle's treatise on persuasion; Shelley's Defence (written 1821), with poets as 'unacknowledged legislators of the world'; Sidney's Apology (1595).
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