Piers Plowman Quizzes

Piers Plowman Quiz

1 Did William Langland write Piers Plowman?
Probably

Definitely not

Maybe

Definitely
2 In which city did Langland likely live?
Oxford

Canterbury

London

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

The Late Middle Ages

The Renaissance

Classical Antiquity
4 How many versions of the poem are there, at minimum?
2

4

3

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

B

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:
The Protestant Reformation

Popular Uprisings

The Black Death

The Hundred Years War
8 Piers Plowman is written in sympathy with
The Peasantry

The Tradesman

The Church

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

Youth Population

Expanded Population

Aging Population
10 Against which country was England fighting in the Hundred Years' War?
Russia

France

Germany

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

The French and American Revolutions

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 Harrowing of Hell

The Prologue

The marriage of Miss Money to Conscience
13 Which poet was a contemporary of William Langland?
William Shakespeare

Dante Alighieri

John Keats

Geoffrey Chaucer
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?
Accentual-syllabic meter

Alliterative

Blank

Free
16 Which literary form is NOT used in Piers Plowman?
Dream-Vision

Quest

Satire

Romance
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?
Jews and Muslims

Catholics and Protestants

Muslims and Christians

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

Pastiche

Allegory

Hyperbole
20 What is the main issue that the poem targets?
The Divine Right of Kings

Unequal Distribution

Endless Warfare

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

The Peasantry, The Nobility, The Church

The Church, The State, The Judicial

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

The urban mercantile class

Traveling laborers

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

Intellectual

Mercantile

Clergy
24 Which Christian sacrament does Will seek?
Penance

Holy Orders

Marriage

Eucharist
25 Which is NOT a Cardinal Virtue?
Faith

Justice

Prudence

Tolerance

Critically analyse Langland's Piers and Ploughman.

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