Question

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.

These [the miracle plays] go out of favor when the privy council decrees that they are too close to Catholicism and should stop. Those at York cease in 1569. In Chester the citizens defy the privy council and continue performing their play about Noah’s Flood well into the 1570s. The Coventry mystery plays are finally suppressed in 1579, so this is the town to visit if you want to catch one later in the reign. The Guary miracle play in Cornwall continues for some years but is so amateurish it can hardly be seen as a threat.

Which event happened second?

The plays being performed in York ceased.
The council declared that the miracle plays should stop.
The Coventry mystery plays were finally suppressed.
The Guary miracle play in Cornwall ended.

Answer 1

The plays being performed in York ceased.

Step-by-step explanation:

(in the text)

Answer 2

First Option: The plays being performed in York ceased.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to this excerpt from "The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England", the first event described is privy council's decision to stop miracle plays. The second event (which happened as a result of the decision) is the ceasing of miracle plays being performed at York.

The second option is the first event happening in this excerpt.

The event in the third option is the second last one to happen.

The event in the fourth option is the last one to happen.