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 ___.
Smith

Waverly

Lucas

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1599

1601

1666
4 Cavendish was a ___.
philosopher

scientist

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
William Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

pacifist

royalist commander

anarchist
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?
England

Germany

France

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark

King Charles I

Marie Antoinette
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1645

1665

1635

1655
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she wrote in Latin

she never published anything

she published under her own name

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

divine

Aristotelian

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

the Royal Society of London

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
Oxford

She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
5 siblings

8 siblings

12 siblings

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

France

Ireland

Scotland
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

6

4

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

transactional

collaborative

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
her husband

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Henry V

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

politics

philosophy

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

4

16

12
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 ___.
Poems and Fancies

Observations Upon Poetry

The Defense of Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Hook

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

Galileo

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