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The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Epsom

Kent

Montgomery

Newcastle
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Waverly

Sidney

Lucas

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1666

1601

1623

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.

philosopher

writer

scientist

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

Ned Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

anarchist

royalist commander

pacifist

parliamentarian
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

swithed their allegiances

went into exile

moved to Spain

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

England

France

Spain

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1635

1655

1665

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

she never published anything

she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

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

divine

vitalist

Aristotelian

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

Oxford University

the Royal Society of London

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

Oxford

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.

8 siblings

10 siblings

12 siblings

5 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

Ireland

France

Spain

Scotland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

Her marriage was annulled.

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

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

4

6

None

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

transactional

collaborative

abusive

performative
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

her husband

King Henry V

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

religion

politics

philosophy

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

16

10

4

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

A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king

A map of England

A drawing of herself
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 Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

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