The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Epsom

Newcastle

Kent

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

Lucas

Sidney

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1666

1601

1623

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

writer

philosopher

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 ___.
royalist commander

parliamentarian

anarchist

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

swithed their allegiances

went into exile

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

England

France

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette

Queen Anne of Denmark
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1645

1655

1635

1665
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she never published anything

she published under her own name

she wrote in Latin

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
vitalist

Aristotelian

divine

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

the Royal Society of London

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Oxford

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
5 siblings

12 siblings

8 siblings

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

Spain

France

Ireland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

Her marriage was annulled.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She wanted to express her support for France.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
2

None

6

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

transactional

abusive

collaborative
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
King Charles I

her husband

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Henry V
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
politics

science

religion

philosophy
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
10

12

4

16
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A dedication to the king

A drawing of herself

A map of England

A symbol of her family name
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

Galileo

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