The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Montgomery

Epsom

Newcastle

Kent
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Waverly

Lucas

Sidney

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1623

1601

1666

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.

philosopher

scientist

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

Benjamin Cavendish

William Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

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

parliamentarian

anarchist

pacifist

royalist commander
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

moved to Spain

went into exile

swithed their allegiances

had their first child
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?

Spain

France

England

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1665

1645

1635

1655
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.

she wrote in Latin

she published under her own name

she never published anything

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.

feminist

Aristotelian

vitalist

divine
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

She did not attend university.

Cambridge

St. Andrew's

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.

8 siblings

12 siblings

5 siblings

10 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

Ireland

Scotland

Spain

France
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

Her marriage was annulled.

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?

6

2

None

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

collaborative

abusive

performative

transactional
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.

King Charles I

her husband

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Henry V
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.

politics

philosophy

religion

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

16

10

12

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

A map of England

A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name

A drawing of herself
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Observations Upon Poetry

The Defense of Poetry

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Robert Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

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