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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 41.
(d) 39.

2. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?
(a) Robert Stevenson.
(b) Harold Stevenson.
(c) Richard Stevenson.
(d) Charles Stevenson.

3. How many words did Ted Hughes cut from Linda Wagner-Martin's manuscript?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 3,700.
(d) 1,800.

4. What book by A. Alvarez about suicide gained added resonance from his friendship with Plath?
(a) Where Did It All Go Right.
(b) The Savage God.
(c) Life after Marriage: Scenes from Divorce.
(d) School of Donne.

5. Whom had the second installment of The Savage God pulled from the Observer?
(a) Anne Stevenson.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Ted Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ronald Hayman wrote in The Independent that whose biography was vindictive?

2. Who was the consulting editor on The Journals of Sylvia Plath?

3. From 1956 to 1966, A. Alvarez was the poetry editor and critic for what publication?

4. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.

5. Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath were separated by the fall of what year?

(see the answer key)

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