Piers Plowman Quizzes

Piers Plowman Quiz

By Rebecca Goldman · Last reviewed May 20, 2019

1 Did William Langland write Piers Plowman?

Maybe

Definitely

Probably

Definitely not
2 In which city did Langland likely live?

Canterbury

London

Oxford

York
3 In which era was Piers Plowman written?

Classical Antiquity

The Late Middle Ages

The Renaissance

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

2

3

4

1
5 Which version of Piers Plowman has the sharpest satire?

A

Z

C

B
6 The poem was written in an historical period of

Revolution

Calm

Innovation

Upheaval
7 Right before Piers Plowman was written half of the population of England died in:

The Black Death

The Protestant Reformation

Popular Uprisings

The Hundred Years War
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

Expanded Population

Aging Population

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

Germany

Russia

Italy

France
11 Leaders from which two political movements quoted Piers Plowman?

The Peasants’ Revolt and the Protestant Reformation

The Russian Revolution and the November Uprising

The Irish Rebellion and the Scottish Insurrection

The French and American Revolutions
12 Which controversial passage did Langland delete in the C-text version?

The Prologue

Piers's tearing of the pardon

The marriage of Miss Money to Conscience

The Harrowing of Hell
13 Which poet was a contemporary of William Langland?

Dante Alighieri

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

John Keats
14 What language was the poem written in?

Old English

Middle English

Early Modern English

Modern English
15 What type of verse is Piers Plowman?

Free

Alliterative

Accentual-syllabic meter

Blank
16 Which literary form is NOT used in Piers Plowman?

Quest

Satire

Dream-Vision

Romance
17 Which is NOT a character in Piers Plowman?

Do-best

Do-well

Do-better

Do-good
18 The text contains prejudice against which two religious groups?

Muslims and Christians

Christians and Jews

Jews and Muslims

Catholics and Protestants
19 The poem is written in which narrative style?

Paradox

Pastiche

Hyperbole

Allegory
20 What is the main issue that the poem targets?

Corruption

Unequal Distribution

Endless Warfare

The Divine Right of Kings
21 Which are the traditional three estates of feudal society?

The Peasantry, The Nobility, The Church

The Peasantry, The King, The Tradesman

The King, The Nobles, The Intellectuals

The Church, The State, The Judicial
22 Which was NOT a new class that arose in the Late Middle Ages?

Traveling laborers

The proletariat

Intellectuals

The urban mercantile class
23 Which class does Will the poet belong to?

Intellectual

Mercantile

Clergy

Nobility
24 Which Christian sacrament does Will seek?

Penance

Marriage

Eucharist

Holy Orders
25 Which is NOT a Cardinal Virtue?

Tolerance

Faith

Prudence

Justice

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