The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.
Montgomery

Kent

Epsom

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

Smith

Sidney

Lucas
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1601

1666

1599

1623
4 Cavendish was a ___.
writer

philosopher

scientist

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

anarchist

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

had their first child

swithed their allegiances

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

France

England

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

Marie Antoinette

Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1655

1635

1645

1665
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she wrote in Latin

she never published anything

she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.
Aristotelian

divine

vitalist

feminist
13 Cavendish was the first woman to attend a meeting at ___.
the English Parliament

Oxford University

the Inns of Court

the Royal Society of London
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?
St. Andrew's

Oxford

Cambridge

She did not attend university.
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

12 siblings

10 siblings

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

France

Ireland

Spain
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?
She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

Her marriage was annulled.

She wanted to express her support for France.

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

4

None

2
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.
collaborative

performative

transactional

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 ___.
science

philosophy

religion

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

12

16

4
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A drawing of herself

A dedication to the king

A map of England

A symbol of her family name
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 ___.
Galileo

Robert Hook

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

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