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Who wrote the play Troilus and Cressida?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Christopher Marlowe

  3. William Blake

  4. William Shakespeare

The correct answer is: William Shakespeare

William Wordsworth, William Blake, and Christopher Marlowe were all famous British writers of poems and plays, but none of them wrote the play Troilus and Cressida. This play was written by William Shakespeare, one of the most celebrated playwrights in the history of literature. He is best known for works such as Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, the correct answer is D.