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 ___.
Lucas

Sidney

Smith

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1623

1601

1666

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

philosopher

writer

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 ___.
pacifist

parliamentarian

royalist commander

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

swithed their allegiances

moved to Spain

went into exile
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?
England

France

Germany

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.
Queen Anne of Denmark

Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1645

1655

1665

1635
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 ___.
feminist

vitalist

Aristotelian

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?
Oxford

St. Andrew's

She did not attend university.

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

10 siblings

5 siblings

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

Ireland

France

Spain
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?
2

None

4

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

transactional

performative

collaborative
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
King Henry V

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

her husband
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
politics

philosophy

religion

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

4

10

16
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king

A map of England

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

The Defense of Poetry

Observations Upon Poetry

Poems and Fancies
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Boyle

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

Galileo

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