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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Sylvia Plath born?
(a) Maine.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Massachusetts.

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

3. A. Alvarez claimed that Sylvia Plath did not intend __________.
(a) To kill herself.
(b) To write a best seller.
(c) To get divorced.
(d) To be famous.

4. Dealing with Olwyn for three years, Malcolm saw none of the expected ________ in her character?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Narcissism.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Generosity.

5. From 1956 to 1966, A. Alvarez was the poetry editor and critic for what publication?
(a) The Analyst.
(b) The Reporter.
(c) The Insider.
(d) The Observer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?

2. Whose biography of Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes laud?

3. Under what pseudonym was The Bell Jar originally published?

4. Who wrote The Colossus and Other Poems?

5. In the first publication of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes commented how in the last several years of her life, Sylvia had found ______________.

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