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WorksheetsPiers Plowman
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Piers Plowman is an anonymous allegorical narrative poem about a quest for authentic Christian life in the context of medieval Catholicism.
True
False
The genre of a medieval poem where the poet pictures himself as falling asleep and envisioning in his dream a series of allegorical people and events is known as (a) (2 words).
There were ___ 'authoritative' versions (texts) of Piers Plowman that represented different manuscript traditions and successive stages.
2
3
5
10
Piers Plowman is a social allegory where the following estates are present and criticised: clergy, nobility and (a) .
According to the author, this human trait is the primary reason why social hierarchy and common good could be destroyed.
Selfishness
Anger
Alcoholism
Sadness
What does a cat in 'a cat, mice and rats scene' symbolize?
Church
Government
Peasants
Army
What does the name of the main character mean?
What does the 'field full of folks' symbolize?
(a)
Whom does the author criticise for spending their days journeying to and from religious sites and embellishing the truth about their travels?
Pilgrims
Hermits
Friars
Pardoners
What is the alternative name for Satan or Devil in Piers Plowman?
Wrong
False
Lie
Lucifer
She is False’s fiancée and Holy Church’s enemy. Although she has been instructed by God to marry Truth, she disobeys.
Meed
Holy Church
Lie
Simony
What are “three things common to all”?
Cloth
Food
Drink
Home
Safety
Will and Holy Church meet each other for the first time only in Will's vision.
False
True
Why Civil and Simony are the best friends of Meed?
He refuses to marry Meed saying that 'she makes men misbehave many score times'.
Conscience
Kind Wit
King
False
