The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Kent

Epsom

Montgomery

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

Smith

Waverly

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1599

1601

1666
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

philosopher

scientist

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 ___.
pacifist

parliamentarian

anarchist

royalist commander
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.
had their first child

went into exile

moved to Spain

swithed their allegiances
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?
Germany

England

France

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

Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1645

1635

1665

1655
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she wrote in Latin

she never published anything
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
feminist

vitalist

Aristotelian

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

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court

Oxford University
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
St. Andrew's

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

5 siblings

10 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.
France

Scotland

Spain

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

She wanted to express her support for France.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
6

2

4

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

collaborative

performative

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
her husband

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Henry V
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?
4

12

10

16
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A dedication to the king

A drawing of herself

A symbol of her family name

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

The Defense of Poetry

Poems and Fancies

Observations Upon Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

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