The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Epsom

Newcastle

Montgomery

Kent
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Sidney

Waverly

Lucas

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1666

1623

1599

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.

philosopher

scientist

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

Ned Cavendish

William Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

parliamentarian

anarchist

pacifist

royalist commander
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

went into exile

moved to Spain

swithed their allegiances

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

France

Germany

Spain

England
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1635

1645

1665

1655
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.

she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she never published anything

she wrote in Latin
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.

vitalist

Aristotelian

divine

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

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

She did not attend university.

Oxford

Cambridge

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

10 siblings

8 siblings

5 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

Ireland

Spain

France

Scotland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

Her marriage was annulled.

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?

2

None

4

6
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.

collaborative

performative

transactional

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

her husband

King Henry V

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

science

philosophy

religion

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

4

16

10

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

A dedication to the king

A map of England

A symbol of her family name

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

The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

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