|Question 13Verbal

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Arthurian legends (tales related to the character of King Arthur) derive from many often contradictory sources, such as Vita Sancti Cadoci, composed in the 11th century, and Culhwch and Olwen from the second half of the 12th century. Sir Thomas Malory's 15th-century text Le Morte d'Arthur was an attempt to compile these stories into a coherent narrative. Many of Malory's sources derive from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, written in the 1130s. While neither History nor any works that predate it mention Arthur's famous Round Table at which his knights assembled, Le Morte d'Arthur does, suggesting that       
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Geoffrey of Monmouth's accounts of Arthurian legends in History are more similar overall in content to the accounts in Culhwch and Olwen than they are to the accounts in Le Morte d'Arthur.
A
when a version of an Arthurian legend contradicted the version in History, Malory preferred to include Geoffrey of Monmouth's version in Le Morte d'Arthur.
B
Le Morte d'Arthur is more historically accurate than History, because Culhwch and Olwen had not been written when Geoffrey of Monmouth was writing his work.
C
Malory encountered the Round Table in a source that Geoffrey of Monmouth was not familiar with when writing his History.
D