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The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Montgomery

Kent

Epsom

Newcastle
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Sidney

Waverly

Lucas

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1623

1666

1599

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.

scientist

writer

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

Benjamin Cavendish

William Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

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

pacifist

royalist commander

parliamentarian

anarchist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

swithed their allegiances

went into exile

had their first child

moved to Spain
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?

Spain

England

France

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette

Queen Anne of Denmark
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1665

1655

1635

1645
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.

she never published anything

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she wrote in Latin

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

vitalist

Aristotelian

divine

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

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Cambridge

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.

5 siblings

12 siblings

10 siblings

8 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

France

Scotland

Ireland

Spain
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

Her marriage was annulled.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?

4

None

6

2
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.

performative

abusive

collaborative

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 ___.

philosophy

science

religion

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

10

4

16

12
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?

A map of England

A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king

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

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

Galileo

Robert Hook

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