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 ___.

Waverly

Lucas

Smith

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1623

1666

1601

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.

writer

scientist

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

William Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

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

anarchist

royalist commander

pacifist

parliamentarian
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?

Germany

Spain

England

France
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette

Queen Anne of Denmark

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1655

1635

1665

1645
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.

she never published anything

she published under her own name

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she wrote in Latin
12 Cavendish's philosophical mode is best described as ___.

vitalist

Aristotelian

feminist

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

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament

the Royal Society of London

Oxford University
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

Oxford

Cambridge

St. Andrew's

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

8 siblings

5 siblings

10 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

France

Spain

Ireland

Scotland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

Her marriage was annulled.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

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

6

4

2

None
19 Cavendish's relationship with her husband was famously ___.

abusive

performative

collaborative

transactional
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

her husband

King Henry V
21 One topic that is often omitted from Cavendish's work is ___.

politics

science

religion

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

16

10

12

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

A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name

A map of England

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

Poems and Fancies

Observations Upon Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania

The Defense of Poetry
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Galileo

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

Robert Hook

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