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The author writes that biographers love letters since they are the fossils of ___________. (from Part Two: Chapters IV, V and VI)

Emotions.

Thought.

Time.

Influence.

Where was Sylvia Plath's father from? (from Part Two: Chapters VIII and IX)

Germany.

Romania.

Poland.

Russia.

When was Anne Stevenson's book Living in America: Poems published? (from Part Two: Chapter II)

1971.

1979.

1965.

1969.

Who witnessed Sylvia weeping over Ted's infidelity, claiming that she had given her whole heart to Ted and couldn't get it back? (from Part One: Chapters VII and VIII)

Elizabeth Sigmund.

Aurelia Plath.

Olwyn Hughes.

Clarissa Roche.

What university did Sylvia Plath attend in England? (from Part Two: Chapter I)

Exeter University.

Oxford University.

Cambridge University.

Rhodes University.

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