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Question:

Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order.

Choose the best option:

Shakespeare did not personally prepare his plays for publication, and no official collection of them appeared until after his death.
Some were probably based on actors’ memories of plays.
Many of these quartos are quite unreliable.
A collection of his sonnets, considered by critics to be among the best ever written in English, appeared in 1609.
Many individual plays were published during his lifetime in unauthorized editions known as quartos.

Explanation:

Statement 1 introduces the topic of discussion, which pertains to Shakespeare not writing his plays for publication and how they came to light post his death. “These quartos” in statement 3 needs reference and does not make for a good introductory statement. This eliminates options 3 and 4.
“Some...” in statement 2 refers to the “quartos” in statement 3. Hence, it cannot follow statement 1. This eliminates options 1 and 2.
Thus, the correct order of statements is 1, 4, 5, 3, 2.
Hence, the correct answer is option 5.

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