The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Newcastle

Montgomery

Epsom

Kent
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Lucas

Sidney

Waverly

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1623

1666

1599

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.

philosopher

writer

scientist

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

Benjamin Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

William Cavendish

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

anarchist

pacifist

royalist commander

parliamentarian
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

moved to Spain

went into exile

had their first child

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

Germany

England

France

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

Marie Antoinette
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1645

1655

1665

1635
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.

she never published anything

she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

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

feminist

vitalist

divine

Aristotelian
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.

Oxford University

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

Cambridge

Oxford

St. Andrew's

She did not attend university.
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.

5 siblings

10 siblings

8 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

France

Scotland

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.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

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

6

None

2

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

transactional

performative

collaborative

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Henry V

her husband

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

politics

science

philosophy

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

16

4

10

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

A dedication to the king

A drawing of herself

A map of England

A symbol of her family name
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.

The Defense of Poetry

Poems and Fancies

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Observations Upon Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

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