The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Montgomery

Kent

Epsom

Newcastle
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Sidney

Waverly

Smith

Lucas
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1599

1666

1623

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.

scientist

philosopher

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

William Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

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

royalist commander

pacifist

parliamentarian

anarchist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

swithed their allegiances

went into exile

moved to Spain

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

Spain

France

Germany

England
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark

King Charles I

Marie Antoinette
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1635

1665

1645

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 ___.

vitalist

Aristotelian

feminist

divine
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?

Oxford

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

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

8 siblings

10 siblings

5 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

France

Ireland

Spain

Scotland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

Her marriage was annulled.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She wanted to express her support for France.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?

6

2

4

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

collaborative

abusive

performative

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 ___.

politics

science

religion

philosophy
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 drawing of herself

A map of England

A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.

Observations Upon Poetry

The Defense of Poetry

Poems and Fancies

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

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