The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary genre emphasizes the intimate, and sometimes unflattering, information about details of the poet's personal life, such as in poems about mental illness, sexuality, and despondence?
(a) Confessional poetry.
(b) Sinful poetry.
(c) Realistic poetry.
(d) Truthful poetry.

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

3. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?
(a) University of Illinois.
(b) University of Montana.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) University of Idaho.

4. Where did Anne Stevenson move after college and marrying?
(a) Italy.
(b) Canada.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

5. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes avoided blame for what?
(a) Incomplete editing.
(b) Plath's unhappiness.
(c) The destruction of Plath's journals.
(d) Plath's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Sylvia Plath commit suicide?

3. In her biography of Sylvia Plath, Stevenson writes of Plath as a sober and confused perfectionist whose suicide as well as the inspiration for her art remain ___________.

4. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?

5. How was Anne Stevenson viewed by the author and her peers while at the university?

(see the answer key)

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