Piers Plowman Quizzes

Piers Plowman Quiz

1 Did William Langland write Piers Plowman?
Probably

Definitely

Definitely not

Maybe
2 In which city did Langland likely live?
Canterbury

London

Oxford

York
3 In which era was Piers Plowman written?
The Early Middle Ages

Classical Antiquity

The Renaissance

The Late Middle Ages
4 How many versions of the poem are there, at minimum?
4

3

1

2
5 Which version of Piers Plowman has the sharpest satire?
B

A

C

Z
6 The poem was written in an historical period of
Upheaval

Calm

Innovation

Revolution
7 Right before Piers Plowman was written half of the population of England died in:
Popular Uprisings

The Protestant Reformation

The Hundred Years War

The Black Death
8 Piers Plowman is written in sympathy with
The Peasantry

The Tradesman

The Nobility

The Church
9 What demographic shift led to social unrest in the period the text was written?
Youth Population

Aging Population

Expanded Population

Depopulation
10 Against which country was England fighting in the Hundred Years' War?
Italy

Russia

France

Germany
11 Leaders from which two political movements quoted Piers Plowman?
The Peasants’ Revolt and the Protestant Reformation

The French and American Revolutions

The Irish Rebellion and the Scottish Insurrection

The Russian Revolution and the November Uprising
12 Which controversial passage did Langland delete in the C-text version?
The Prologue

The Harrowing of Hell

The marriage of Miss Money to Conscience

Piers's tearing of the pardon
13 Which poet was a contemporary of William Langland?
John Keats

William Shakespeare

Dante Alighieri

Geoffrey Chaucer
14 What language was the poem written in?
Modern English

Middle English

Old English

Early Modern English
15 What type of verse is Piers Plowman?
Free

Blank

Alliterative

Accentual-syllabic meter
16 Which literary form is NOT used in Piers Plowman?
Satire

Dream-Vision

Romance

Quest
17 Which is NOT a character in Piers Plowman?
Do-good

Do-well

Do-best

Do-better
18 The text contains prejudice against which two religious groups?
Muslims and Christians

Christians and Jews

Catholics and Protestants

Jews and Muslims
19 The poem is written in which narrative style?
Allegory

Paradox

Pastiche

Hyperbole
20 What is the main issue that the poem targets?
Endless Warfare

Corruption

Unequal Distribution

The Divine Right of Kings
21 Which are the traditional three estates of feudal society?
The King, The Nobles, The Intellectuals

The Church, The State, The Judicial

The Peasantry, The Nobility, The Church

The Peasantry, The King, The Tradesman
22 Which was NOT a new class that arose in the Late Middle Ages?
Traveling laborers

The urban mercantile class

The proletariat

Intellectuals
23 Which class does Will the poet belong to?
Clergy

Mercantile

Nobility

Intellectual
24 Which Christian sacrament does Will seek?
Holy Orders

Penance

Eucharist

Marriage
25 Which is NOT a Cardinal Virtue?
Prudence

Justice

Tolerance

Faith

Critically analyse Langland's Piers and Ploughman.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 8/25/2021 11:29 AM