What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?

What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?

A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
C. a popular thirst for the classics,
driving contemporary writers to the margins
D. none of the above

Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?

Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?

A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
B. The common people were still essentially pagan.
C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic
D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.