The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Newcastle

Montgomery

Kent

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

Waverly

Lucas

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1601

1599

1666

1623
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

scientist

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
William Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

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

parliamentarian

royalist commander

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

had their first child

went into exile

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

Germany

Spain

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

King Charles I

Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1665

1645

1635

1655
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she wrote in Latin

she never published anything

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

Aristotelian

divine

feminist
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.
Oxford University

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
Cambridge

She did not attend university.

Oxford

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

12 siblings

5 siblings

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

Ireland

France

Spain
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
She wanted to express her support for France.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

Her marriage was annulled.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
2

None

6

4
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
transactional

abusive

performative

collaborative
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 ___.
philosophy

religion

science

politics
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
10

4

12

16
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A map of England

A drawing of herself

A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.
The Defense of Poetry

Poems and Fancies

Observations Upon Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Boyle

Galileo

Robert Hook

Francis Bacon

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