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 ___.

Lucas

Waverly

Smith

Sidney
3 Cavendish was born in ___.

1601

1599

1623

1666
4 Cavendish was a ___.

scientist

writer

philosopher

all of these
5 Cavendish married ___.

Benjamin Cavendish

Robert Cavendish

William Cavendish

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

royalist commander

parliamentarian

anarchist

pacifist
7 In 1644, the Cavendishes ___.

went into exile

had their first child

swithed their allegiances

moved to Spain
8 Where did Cavendish live during the English political conflict of the 1650s?

Spain

Germany

England

France
9 Cavendish served as an attendant for ___.

Marie Antoinette

King Charles I

Queen Henrietta Maria

Queen Anne of Denmark
10 Cavendish was married in ___.

1635

1655

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 ___.

vitalist

divine

Aristotelian

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

Oxford University

the Royal Society of London

the English Parliament

the Inns of Court
14 Where did Cavendish attend university?

Cambridge

Oxford

St. Andrew's

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

10 siblings

8 siblings

5 siblings

12 siblings
16 Cavendish accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to ___.

Spain

Scotland

France

Ireland
17 Why did Henrietta Maria leave England?

She was exiled as the wife of Charles I.

She was pregnant with an illegitimate child.

Her marriage was annulled.

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

abusive

performative

collaborative
20 Cavendish wrote a biography of ___.

her husband

King Henry V

King Charles I

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

philosophy

religion

politics

science
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 map of England

A drawing of herself

A symbol of her family name
24 The title of Cavendish's 1653 collection of poetry is called ___.

Poems and Fancies

Observations Upon Poetry

The Defense of Poetry

The Countess of Montgomery's Urania
25 Cavendish challenged the work of ___.

Francis Bacon

Robert Boyle

Galileo

Robert Hook

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