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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters III, IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When The Journals of Sylvia Plath were published, they were met with derision--first because of Ted's admission that he had done what?
(a) Lost a journal.
(b) Made up several passages.
(c) Never read them.
(d) Taken out parts that offended him.

2. The woman who had found the flat for the Hughes described in in Part One: Chapter VII recalled how Sylvia eschewed her suggestion to buy _____________.
(a) A bicycle.
(b) Used appliances or furniture.
(c) A phonograph.
(d) A car.

3. Anne Stevenson began a lecture describing how her and Sylvia's background as well as ideology were similar, and they had both married _________.
(a) Adulterers.
(b) Hastily.
(c) Incorrectly.
(d) Englishmen.

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

5. What book did A. Alvarez write on the subject of divorce?
(a) Life After Marriage.
(b) Where Did It All Go Right?
(c) Day of Atonement.
(d) Beyond All This Fiddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the biography Bitter Fame?

2. What was the address where Sylvia committed suicide?

3. The protagonist in The Bell Jar is from suburbs outside what city?

4. Anne Stevenson left her second husband and children to go off with what poet?

5. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

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