The Blazing World Quizzes

The Blazing World Quiz 1

1 Margaret Cavendish was the Duchess of ___.

Newcastle

Epsom

Kent

Montgomery
2 Margaret Cavendish's maiden name was ___.

Smith

Sidney

Waverly

Lucas
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1601

1666

1623

1599
4 Cavendish was a ___.

philosopher

scientist

writer

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

William Cavendish

Ned Cavendish

Benjamin Cavendish

Robert 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?

Germany

England

France

Spain
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

Marie Antoinette

Queen Anne of Denmark
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1655

1645

1665

1635
11 Cavendish was a unique writer for her time because ___.

she circulated her work in manuscripts at court

she published under her own name

she never published anything

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

vitalist

feminist

Aristotelian

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

Oxford University

the Royal Society of London

the Inns of Court

the English Parliament
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

Cambridge

She did not attend university.

St. Andrew's

Oxford
15 Cavendish was the youngest of ___.

8 siblings

5 siblings

10 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

Spain

France

Ireland

Scotland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

She wanted to express her support for France.

Her marriage was annulled.
18 How many children did Cavendish have?

6

None

2

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

performative

collaborative

transactional

abusive
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.

Queen Henrietta Maria

King Charles I

King Henry V

her husband
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?

12

4

10

16
23 Cavendish would include what on the covers of her publications?

A dedication to the king

A map of England

A symbol of her family name

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 ___.

Francis Bacon

Robert Hook

Galileo

Robert Boyle

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