The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Newcastle

Montgomery

Kent

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

Lucas

Sidney

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1599

1601

1623

1666
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

scientist

philosopher

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

anarchist

parliamentarian
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
had their first child

moved to Spain

swithed their allegiances

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

France

Spain

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1645

1665

1635

1655
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she published under her own name

she wrote in Latin

she never published anything

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

Aristotelian

feminist

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

Oxford University

the English Parliament

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

Cambridge

St. Andrew's

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

12 siblings

8 siblings

5 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.
Spain

Scotland

France

Ireland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

She wanted to express her support for France.

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

6

4

None
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
abusive

transactional

collaborative

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

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

her husband
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
politics

philosophy

science

religion
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
16

10

4

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

A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name

A drawing of herself
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

The Defense of Poetry

Poems and Fancies

Observations Upon Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Hook

Robert Boyle

Galileo

Francis Bacon

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