The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Montgomery

Kent

Epsom

Newcastle
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.
Sidney

Lucas

Smith

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1599

1623

1601

1666
4 Cavendish was a ___.
philosopher

scientist

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
William Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

pacifist

royalist commander

parliamentarian
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
went into exile

had their first child

moved to Spain

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

Germany

England

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1655

1645

1635

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

she wrote in Latin

she never published anything

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

divine

feminist

Aristotelian
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.

St. Andrew's

Cambridge

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
5 siblings

12 siblings

8 siblings

10 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.
Ireland

Scotland

France

Spain
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

Her marriage was annulled.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
4

2

6

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

collaborative

abusive

transactional
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 ___.
politics

science

philosophy

religion
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 map of England

A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
Poems and Fancies

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Galileo

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

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