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Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?

Correct answer: D. Thomas More's Utopia

  • A. Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
  • B. William Shakespeare's King Lear
  • C. Thomas More's The History of King Richard III
  • D. Thomas More's Utopia

Explanation

More's Utopia was first published in Latin in 1516 and was translated into English by Ralph Robinson in 1551. The other works were originally written in English.

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