The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Epsom

Newcastle

Montgomery

Kent
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.
Smith

Lucas

Sidney

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1599

1666

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

writer

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
William Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

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

royalist commander

anarchist

pacifist
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?
Germany

England

Spain

France
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1665

1655

1645

1635
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she never published anything

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she published under her own name

she wrote in Latin
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
vitalist

Aristotelian

feminist

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

the Royal Society of London

the Inns of Court

Oxford University
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
Oxford

She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

10 siblings

5 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.
Spain

Scotland

France

Ireland
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?
2

6

4

None
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
collaborative

abusive

transactional

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

King Charles I

her husband

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

philosophy

science

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

4

12

16
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A drawing of herself

A symbol of her family name

A map of England

A dedication to the king
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

Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

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