The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Epsom

Newcastle

Kent

Montgomery
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.
Waverly

Sidney

Lucas

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1666

1599

1623

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

scientist

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
William Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

Robert Cavendish
6 During the English Civil War, Duke of Newcastle was a ___.
parliamentarian

pacifist

royalist commander

anarchist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
moved to Spain

had their first child

went into exile

swithed their allegiances
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?
France

England

Germany

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

Queen Anne of Denmark
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1655

1635

1645

1665
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she never published anything

she wrote in Latin

she published under her own name
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
divine

vitalist

feminist

Aristotelian
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.
Oxford University

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
Oxford

She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
10 siblings

12 siblings

5 siblings

8 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.
France

Ireland

Scotland

Spain
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
She wanted to express her support for France.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

Her marriage was annulled.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
None

2

6

4
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
abusive

collaborative

performative

transactional
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
Queen Henrietta Maria

King Henry V

her husband

King Charles I
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
politics

philosophy

science

religion
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
10

12

16

4
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A drawing of herself

A map of England

A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
Observations Upon Poetry

Poems and Fancies

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

The Defense of Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

Francis Bacon

Galileo

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