Comprehension Passage
The following sentences form a paragraph. The rest of the sentences are marked as A,B,C,D,E and F. Sentence 'F' is in the correct place. The rest of the sentences are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and answer the following questions.
A. Twelve months, earlier, the French author had promised his publisher a new book.
B. In the Summer of 1830, Victor Hugo was facing an impossible deadline.
C. The book had to be finished by February 1831.
D. But instead of writing, he spent that year pursuing other projects, entertaining guests, and delaying his work.
E. Frustrated, Hugo's publisher responded by setting a deadline less than six months away.
F. Hugo concocted a strange plan to beat his procrastination.
Which sentence should be the SECOND sentence in the paragraph?
1
A
2
B
3
C
4
D
5
E