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 ___.
Smith

Sidney

Lucas

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1601

1666

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.
philosopher

scientist

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
William Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

anarchist

pacifist

royalist commander
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
went into exile

moved to Spain

had their first child

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

Spain

Germany

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

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1655

1665

1645

1635
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she wrote in Latin

she never published anything
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
divine

Aristotelian

vitalist

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

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
Oxford

She did not attend university.

Cambridge

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

10 siblings

5 siblings

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

Scotland

Spain

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?
6

None

2

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

collaborative

performative

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
her husband

King Henry V

Queen Henrietta Maria

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

science

politics

religion
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
16

10

12

4
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A map of England

A drawing of herself

A dedication to the king

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

The Defense of Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Observations Upon Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Boyle

Galileo

Robert Hook

Francis Bacon

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