The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Kent

Montgomery

Newcastle

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

Lucas

Sidney

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1666

1601

1623

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

philosopher

writer

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 ___.
anarchist

parliamentarian

royalist commander

pacifist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
moved to Spain

went into exile

had their first child

swithed their allegiances
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 Anne of Denmark

King Charles I

Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1665

1635

1655

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

feminist

Aristotelian

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

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament

the Royal Society of London
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
St. Andrew's

She did not attend university.

Cambridge

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

12 siblings

10 siblings

5 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 ___.
abusive

performative

collaborative

transactional
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
King Henry V

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

her husband
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?
10

16

4

12
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name

A drawing of herself

A map of England
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry

Poems and Fancies

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Hook

Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

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