Piers Plowman Quizzes

Piers Plowman Quiz

1 Did William Langland write Piers Plowman?
Maybe

Definitely

Probably

Definitely not
2 In which city did Langland likely live?
London

Canterbury

Oxford

York
3 In which era was Piers Plowman written?
The Renaissance

The Early Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages

Classical Antiquity
4 How many versions of the poem are there, at minimum?
1

4

3

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
Revolution

Upheaval

Innovation

Calm
7 Right before Piers Plowman was written half of the population of England died in:
The Hundred Years War

The Black Death

Popular Uprisings

The Protestant Reformation
8 Piers Plowman is written in sympathy with
The Tradesman

The Peasantry

The Nobility

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

Aging Population

Expanded Population

Youth 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 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 marriage of Miss Money to Conscience

Piers's tearing of the pardon

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

John Keats

William Shakespeare

Dante Alighieri
14 What language was the poem written in?
Early Modern English

Middle English

Old English

Modern English
15 What type of verse is Piers Plowman?
Alliterative

Accentual-syllabic meter

Blank

Free
16 Which literary form is NOT used in Piers Plowman?
Romance

Dream-Vision

Quest

Satire
17 Which is NOT a character in Piers Plowman?
Do-best

Do-better

Do-good

Do-well
18 The text contains prejudice against which two religious groups?
Catholics and Protestants

Muslims and Christians

Jews and Muslims

Christians and Jews
19 The poem is written in which narrative style?
Paradox

Hyperbole

Pastiche

Allegory
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 Peasantry, The King, The Tradesman

The Church, The State, The Judicial

The Peasantry, The Nobility, The Church

The King, The Nobles, The Intellectuals
22 Which was NOT a new class that arose in the Late Middle Ages?
Intellectuals

Traveling laborers

The proletariat

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

Nobility

Mercantile

Intellectual
24 Which Christian sacrament does Will seek?
Penance

Eucharist

Holy Orders

Marriage
25 Which is NOT a Cardinal Virtue?
Faith

Justice

Tolerance

Prudence

Critically analyse Langland's Piers and Ploughman.

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