The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Newcastle

Epsom

Montgomery

Kent
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Sidney

Lucas

Waverly

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1666

1623

1601

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.

scientist

writer

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

William Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

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

royalist commander

pacifist

anarchist

parliamentarian
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?

Spain

France

England

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 ___.

1655

1635

1665

1645
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 ___.

Aristotelian

feminist

divine

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

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament

Oxford University

the Royal Society of London
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

Oxford

St. Andrew's

Cambridge

She did not attend university.
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.

10 siblings

12 siblings

5 siblings

8 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

Scotland

Ireland

Spain

France
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

Her marriage was annulled.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

She wanted to express her support for France.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?

2

None

4

6
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 ___.

philosophy

religion

politics

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

4

10

16

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

A drawing of herself

A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name

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

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

Galileo

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