The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Kent

Newcastle

Montgomery

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

Lucas

Smith

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1601

1666

1599

1623
4 Cavendish was a ___.
scientist

philosopher

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.
Robert Cavendish

William Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

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

royalist commander

pacifist

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?
Spain

France

Germany

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

Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1665

1645

1635

1655
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she never published anything

she wrote in Latin

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

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

Aristotelian

vitalist

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

Oxford University

the Royal Society of London

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

10 siblings

8 siblings

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

Ireland

Scotland

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

Her marriage was annulled.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

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

6

None

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

performative

collaborative

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
her husband

King Charles I

King Henry V

Queen Henrietta Maria
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.
philosophy

science

politics

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

16

12

4
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A map of England

A symbol of her family name

A dedication to the king

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

The Defense of Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

Observations Upon Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.
Robert Boyle

Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

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