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 ___.
Sidney

Lucas

Smith

Waverly
3 Cavendish was born in ___.
1599

1623

1666

1601
4 Cavendish was a ___.
philosopher

writer

scientist

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 ___.
anarchist

royalist commander

parliamentarian

pacifist
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

Spain

England

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

Queen Anne of Denmark

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I
10 Cavendish was married in ___.
1645

1665

1655

1635
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.
she never published anything

she wrote in Latin

she published under her own name

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

divine

Aristotelian

feminist
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?
St. Andrew's

She did not attend university.

Oxford

Cambridge
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.
8 siblings

10 siblings

12 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 was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She wanted to express her support for France.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?
2

None

4

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

performative

collaborative

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.
Queen Henrietta Maria

her husband

King Charles I

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

science

philosophy

religion
22 How many works did Cavendish produce over the course of her life?
16

4

12

10
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?
A drawing of herself

A map of England

A dedication to the king

A symbol of her family name
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 ___.
Francis Bacon

Galileo

Robert Hook

Robert Boyle

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