The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Montgomery

Epsom

Newcastle

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

Waverly

Sidney

Lucas
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1666

1623

1599

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

writer

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
Benjamin Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

William Cavendish

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

anarchist

parliamentarian

royalist commander
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?
France

England

Germany

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

Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1635

1645

1655

1665
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she wrote in Latin

she never published anything

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

feminist

vitalist

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

the English Parliament

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Oxford

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
10 siblings

12 siblings

5 siblings

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

Spain

Scotland

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

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She wanted to express her support for France.

Her marriage was annulled.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
4

2

None

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

collaborative

performative

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

her husband

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
politics

religion

science

philosophy
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
12

10

4

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

A symbol of her family name

A drawing of herself

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

Poems and Fancies

The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

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