Arrange the chronological sequence in which the following works of T. S. Eliot were first published:
A) The Sacred Wood
B) Notes towards the Definition of Culture
C) The Metaphysical Poets
D) The Function of Criticism
E) The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is A, C, D, E, B.

To find the chronological sequence of these works by T. S. Eliot, let us look at their first publication years:
1. A) The Sacred Wood: This collection of essays on poetry and criticism was first published in 1920.
2. C) The Metaphysical Poets: This highly influential essay was first published in 1921 as a review of Herbert J. C. Grierson's anthology Metaphysical Lyrics and Poems of the Seventeenth Century.
3. D) The Function of Criticism: This essay was first published in 1923 in Eliot's quarterly journal, The Criterion.
4. E) The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism: This book contains the lectures Eliot delivered at Harvard University as the Charles Eliot Norton Professor, published in 1933.
5. B) Notes towards the Definition of Culture: This prose work outlining Eliot's thoughts on culture and society was published in book form in 1948.

Arranging these works in chronological order, we get:
A (1920) ⇒ C (1921) ⇒ D (1923) ⇒ E (1933) ⇒ B (1948)

Therefore, the correct sequence is A, C, D, E, B.