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

Smith

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1623

1601

1599

1666
4 Cavendish was a ___.

scientist

philosopher

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

Ned Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

pacifist

royalist commander

parliamentarian

anarchist
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

France

Spain

Germany
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette

Queen Anne of Denmark

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1665

1655

1635

1645
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 ___.

divine

vitalist

feminist

Aristotelian
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.

Oxford University

the Royal Society of London

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

She did not attend university.

Oxford

St. Andrew's

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.

12 siblings

8 siblings

10 siblings

5 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

Scotland

Spain

Ireland

France
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

Her marriage was annulled.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

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

None

2

4

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

collaborative

performative

transactional

abusive
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 ___.

philosophy

religion

science

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

4

16

12

10
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?

A dedication to the king

A map of England

A symbol of her family name

A drawing of herself
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.

The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

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