The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Newcastle

Kent

Montgomery

Epsom
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.
Sidney

Waverly

Lucas

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1599

1601

1666

1623
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

scientist

philosopher

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 ___.
pacifist

anarchist

parliamentarian

royalist commander
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
had their first child

went into exile

moved to Spain

swithed their allegiances
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?
France

England

Spain

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark

King Charles I
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 published under her own name

she never published anything

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

vitalist

Aristotelian

divine
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.
the English Parliament

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University

the Inns of Court
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
St. Andrew's

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

12 siblings

10 siblings

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

France

Ireland

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

She wanted to express her support for France.

Her marriage was annulled.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
6

4

2

None
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
collaborative

performative

abusive

transactional
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
her husband

King Charles I

King Henry V

Queen Henrietta Maria
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?
4

10

16

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

A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king

A drawing of herself
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 ___.
Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

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