The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Montgomery

Epsom

Newcastle

Kent
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.
Smith

Waverly

Lucas

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1666

1599

1601

1623
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

scientist

philosopher

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 ___.
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

England

France

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

Marie Antoinette

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

1645

1665

1635
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she never published anything

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she published under her own name

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?
St. Andrew's

She did not attend university.

Oxford

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
12 siblings

10 siblings

8 siblings

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

Scotland

France

Ireland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

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 ___.
abusive

transactional

collaborative

performative
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

her husband

King Henry V
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?
10

16

12

4
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king

A drawing of herself

A map of England
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
Observations Upon Poetry

The Defense of Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Galileo

Robert Hook

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

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