The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Kent

Newcastle

Epsom

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

Sidney

Lucas

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1666

1599

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

philosopher

scientist

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
Robert Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

pacifist

anarchist

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

swithed their allegiances

had their first child

moved to Spain
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?
England

Germany

Spain

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

Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1635

1655

1645

1665
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she published under her own name

she never published anything

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

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

Aristotelian

vitalist

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

Oxford University

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
St. Andrew's

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
12 siblings

10 siblings

8 siblings

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

Scotland

Spain

France
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
Her marriage was annulled.

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.
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 ___.
King Charles I

her husband

King Henry V

Queen Henrietta Maria
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
philosophy

politics

science

religion
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 drawing of herself

A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king

A map of England
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Observations Upon Poetry

Poems and Fancies

The Defense of Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Galileo

Robert Hook

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

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