The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Montgomery

Epsom

Kent

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

Smith

Lucas

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1599

1666

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

philosopher

scientist

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
Robert Cavendish

William Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

anarchist

royalist commander

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

swithed their allegiances

had their first child

went into exile
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?
Germany

France

Spain

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

Queen Anne of Denmark

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1645

1665

1655

1635
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she never published anything

she wrote in Latin

she published under her own name
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
divine

feminist

Aristotelian

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

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
St. Andrew's

Oxford

She did not attend university.

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

5 siblings

10 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.
France

Ireland

Scotland

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?
None

4

6

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

abusive

performative

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

her husband

Queen Henrietta Maria

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

politics

religion

science
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
4

12

10

16
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A map of England

A symbol of her family name

A drawing of herself

A dedication to the king
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
The Defense of Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Observations Upon Poetry

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

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