The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Kent

Montgomery

Epsom

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

Lucas

Sidney

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1666

1601

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

writer

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
Ned Cavendish

William Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

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

pacifist

royalist commander

anarchist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
swithed their allegiances

had their first child

moved to Spain

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

France

England

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

1665

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 ___.
feminist

vitalist

divine

Aristotelian
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.
the Royal Society of London

Oxford University

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
Cambridge

St. Andrew's

She did not attend university.

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
10 siblings

12 siblings

8 siblings

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

Scotland

Ireland

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

She wanted to express her support for France.

Her marriage was annulled.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
6

2

None

4
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
performative

abusive

collaborative

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 ___.
politics

philosophy

science

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

4

10

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

A symbol of her family name

A map of England

A drawing of herself
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 ___.
Galileo

Robert Hook

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

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