The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Montgomery

Epsom

Kent

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

Waverly

Sidney

Smith
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1666

1601

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

philosopher

scientist

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
Benjamin Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

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

pacifist

royalist commander

parliamentarian
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
swithed their allegiances

went into exile

had their first child

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

Germany

France

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

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

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

1645

1635

1665
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she wrote in Latin

she never published anything

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she published under her own name
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
Aristotelian

vitalist

feminist

divine
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.
the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Cambridge

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
5 siblings

12 siblings

8 siblings

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

Spain

France

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

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

Her marriage was annulled.

She wanted to express her support for France.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
4

2

None

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

performative

abusive

collaborative
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 ___.
religion

science

politics

philosophy
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
12

4

16

10
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A symbol of her family name

A map of England

A drawing of herself

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

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Observations Upon Poetry

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

Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

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