The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Kent

Epsom

Newcastle

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

Lucas

Smith

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1599

1601

1666

1623
4 Cavendish was a ___.
philosopher

scientist

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
Ned Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

William Cavendish

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

royalist commander

parliamentarian

anarchist
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?
France

Germany

England

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Marie Antoinette

Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1635

1665

1655

1645
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she wrote in Latin

she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she never published anything
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
divine

feminist

vitalist

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

Oxford University

the Inns of Court

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

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

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

12 siblings

5 siblings

8 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.
Scotland

France

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.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

Her marriage was annulled.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
2

None

6

4
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
collaborative

transactional

performative

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
her husband

King Henry V

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
science

religion

philosophy

politics
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
12

16

10

4
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 Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Poems and Fancies

Observations Upon Poetry

The Defense of Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

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