Question

Arrange the following Ages/Periods in the history of English literature in chronological order: A. The Pre-Raphaelites, B. The Middle English Period, C. The Age of Sensibility, D. The Georgian Period.

• A. D, A, B, C
• B. C, B, D, A
• C. A, D, C, B
• D. B, C, A, D

Hint:

Chronology: Middle English comes first, then eighteenth-century Sensibility, then nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelites, then Georgian period.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The Middle English Period is the earliest among the given periods. It includes the age of Chaucer and medieval English literature. The Age of Sensibility comes in the eighteenth century. The Pre-Raphaelite movement began in the nineteenth century, especially from \(1848\). The Georgian Period belongs to the early twentieth century. Therefore, the chronological order is: \[ \text{Middle English Period} \rightarrow \text{Age of Sensibility} \rightarrow \text{Pre-Raphaelites} \rightarrow \text{Georgian Period}. \] So the correct sequence is: \[ B,\ C,\ A,\ D. \]