The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Kent

Montgomery

Newcastle

Epsom
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Waverly

Smith

Lucas

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1601

1666

1623

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.

writer

scientist

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

William Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

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

parliamentarian

royalist commander

anarchist

pacifist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

swithed their allegiances

moved to Spain

went into exile

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

England

Spain

France

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Anne of Denmark

King Charles I

Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1645

1635

1665

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

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she never published anything

she published under her own name

she wrote in Latin
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 English Parliament

Oxford University

the Royal Society of London

the Inns of Court
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

Oxford

She did not attend university.

Cambridge

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

5 siblings

10 siblings

8 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

France

Spain

Ireland

Scotland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

Her marriage was annulled.

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?

None

2

6

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

collaborative

abusive

transactional

performative
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 ___.

philosophy

science

religion

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

4

12

16

10
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?

A dedication to the king

A map of England

A drawing of herself

A symbol of her family name
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 ___.

Galileo

Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

Francis Bacon

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