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The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Quiz

Janet Malcolm
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1)

Under what pseudonym was The Bell Jar originally published? (from Part One: Chapters V and VI)

Johanna Mills.
Melissa Bouvier.
Cassandra Owens.
Victoria Lucas.
2)

In her book, Jacqueline Rose took to task what work as a cause célèbre that was concocted by the Hughes? (from Part Three: Chapters III, IV and V)

Winter Trees.
Bitter Fame.
Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices.
Crossing the Water.
3)

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 _____________. (from Part One: Chapters VII and VIII)

Used appliances or furniture.
A phonograph.
A car.
A bicycle.
4)

Janet Malcolm met with Olwyn Hughes in February of what year in Part One: Chapter VI? (from Part One: Chapters V and VI)

1989.
1990.
1987.
1991.
5)

What was the address where Sylvia committed suicide? (from Part One: Chapters VII and VIII)

439 Meadow Lane.
168 Holland Circle.
23 Fitzroy Road.
75 Kirkland Drive.
6)

Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction? (from Part Two: Chapter II)

Drug addiction.
Alcoholism.
Gambling.
Men.
7)

Jacqueline Rose only dealt with Olwyn Hughes when asking to publish _________ in her biography. (from Part Three: Chapters III, IV and V)

Quotes of hers.
An introduction.
Letters from her brother.
Entire poems.
8)

How did Trevor Thomas know Sylvia Plath? (from Part Three: Chapters III, IV and V)

They went to school together.
They worked together at one time.
He lived below her.
He worked at her favorite restraunt.
9)

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

Rhodes University.
Oxford University.
Exeter University.
Cambridge University.
10)

Sylvia had told her mother about the dismal kitchens and ____________ in England. (from Part One: Chapters VII and VIII)

Roofing.
Flooring.
Bathrooms.
Bedrooms.
11)

What was the title of Ted Hughes' last work? (from Part Two: Chapter VII)

Flowers and Insects.
The Hawk in the Rain.
Wolfwatching.
Birthday Letters.
12)

In Part Two: Chapter II, Ted described the battle Sylvia had to get her short story published in what periodical? (from Part Two: Chapter II)

The Ladies' Home Journal.
Family Circle.
Rolling Stone.
Good Housekeeping.
13)

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)

Clarissa Roche.
Elizabeth Sigmund.
Aurelia Plath.
Olwyn Hughes.
14)

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

Germany.
Romania.
Russia.
Poland.
15)

Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________. (from Part One: Chapters V and VI)

Understood her language.
Bought the book.
Been willing to publish it.
Believed her account.
16)

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

Emotions.
Influence.
Time.
Thought.
17)

In a letter to Anne Stevenson, Ted defended his stance of publicly disassociating himself from ________. (from Part Two: Chapters VIII and IX)

Bitter Fame.
Literature.
A. Alvarez.
Sylvia Plath.
18)

What poem written by Sylvia Plath, originally collected in the posthumously published volume Ariel, describes the speaker's oppression with the use of World War II Nazi Germany allusions and images? (from Part Two: Chapter III)

Poppies in October.
The Night Dances.
Lady Lazarus.
Sheep in Fog.
19)

In her journals, Sylvia demonstrated her violent nature when she characterized her rude behavior in a confrontation she had with young girls doing what in a public park while she was doing the same thing? (from Part Three: Chapters I and II)

Littering.
Cutting flowers.
Smoking.
Yelling.
20)

When did Malcolm meet with Trevor Thomas? (from Part Three: Chapters III, IV and V)

1988.
1991.
1994.
1996.
21)

Where did Olwyn Hughes work until after Sylvia Plath's death? (from Part Two: Chapter I)

London.
Munich.
Prague.
Paris.
22)

How many years of hell did Ted Hughes go through after Sylvia's death, according to Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter IV? (from Part Two: Chapters IV, V and VI)

Ten.
Five.
Seven.
Two.
23)

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

1979.
1971.
1965.
1969.
24)

In what year did Anne Stevenson write to Olwyn about never contacting her again? (from Part Two: Chapters IV, V and VI)

1985.
1986.
1988.
1983.
25)

What was the name of Sylvia Plath's mother? (from Part One: Chapters V and VI)

Aurelia Schobert Plath.
Jennifer Wilma Plath.
Emma Rachel Plath.
Susan Mary Plath.
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