1 Did William Langland write Piers Plowman? Definitely Maybe Definitely not Probably 2 In which city did Langland likely live? York London Oxford Canterbury 3 In which era was Piers Plowman written? Classical Antiquity The Renaissance The Late Middle Ages The Early Middle Ages 4 How many versions of the poem are there, at minimum? 3 1 4 2 5 Which version of Piers Plowman has the sharpest satire? C B A Z 6 The poem was written in an historical period of Revolution Calm Upheaval Innovation 7 Right before Piers Plowman was written half of the population of England died in: Popular Uprisings The Black Death The Hundred Years War The Protestant Reformation 8 Piers Plowman is written in sympathy with The Church The Nobility The Tradesman The Peasantry 9 What demographic shift led to social unrest in the period the text was written? Youth Population Depopulation Aging Population Expanded Population 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 French and American Revolutions The Peasants’ Revolt and the Protestant Reformation The Russian Revolution and the November Uprising The Irish Rebellion and the Scottish Insurrection 12 Which controversial passage did Langland delete in the C-text version? Piers's tearing of the pardon The Prologue The Harrowing of Hell The marriage of Miss Money to Conscience 13 Which poet was a contemporary of William Langland? Geoffrey Chaucer William Shakespeare Dante Alighieri John Keats 14 What language was the poem written in? Old English Modern English Early Modern English Middle English 15 What type of verse is Piers Plowman? Free Accentual-syllabic meter Alliterative Blank 16 Which literary form is NOT used in Piers Plowman? Quest Romance Satire Dream-Vision 17 Which is NOT a character in Piers Plowman? Do-good Do-best Do-well Do-better 18 The text contains prejudice against which two religious groups? Jews and Muslims Muslims and Christians Catholics and Protestants Christians and Jews 19 The poem is written in which narrative style? Pastiche Paradox Allegory Hyperbole 20 What is the main issue that the poem targets? Endless Warfare Corruption The Divine Right of Kings Unequal Distribution 21 Which are the traditional three estates of feudal society? The Peasantry, The Nobility, The Church The Church, The State, The Judicial The King, The Nobles, The Intellectuals 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? Marriage Holy Orders Eucharist Penance 25 Which is NOT a Cardinal Virtue? Justice Tolerance Prudence Faith
