The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Epsom

Montgomery

Kent

Newcastle
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.
Lucas

Sidney

Smith

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1599

1601

1666
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

writer

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 ___.
anarchist

royalist commander

parliamentarian

pacifist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
moved to Spain

swithed their allegiances

had their first child

went into exile
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?
England

France

Spain

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1665

1645

1655

1635
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 ___.
divine

feminist

Aristotelian

vitalist
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.
the Royal Society of London

the Inns of Court

Oxford University

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
Oxford

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

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

5 siblings

8 siblings

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

Ireland

France

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

Her marriage was annulled.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She wanted to express her support for France.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
2

None

4

6
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
performative

abusive

transactional

collaborative
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
King Henry V

Queen Henrietta Maria

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

12

10

4
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A drawing of herself

A map of England

A dedication to the king

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

Observations Upon Poetry

The Defense of Poetry

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

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

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