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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Janet Malcolm travel to meet with Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) Helmsley, England.
(b) Shirebrook, England.
(c) Beaconsfield, England.
(d) Durham, England.

2. Anne Stevenson sent a completed draft of her story for Penguin Books to whom for his comments?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) W. B. Yeats.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Dr. Horder.

3. Who prescribed antidepressants for Plath a few days before her death?
(a) Dr. Hefner.
(b) Dr. Holiday.
(c) Dr. Hollingsworth.
(d) Dr. Horder.

4. Alvarez responded to Ted Hughes in letters that his work was honest and not one of _____________.
(a) Fiction.
(b) Evil motivation.
(c) Lies.
(d) Sensationalism.

5. Anne Stevenson tried to defend herself in her speech in Part Two: Chapter I by explaining that some of her work was tainted by the controlling hands of whom?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Aurelia Plath.
(c) Olwyn Hughes.
(d) Clarissa Roche.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ronald Hayman born?

2. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?

3. Ted Hughes was the British Poet Laureate beginning in what year?

4. In a letter from Ted Hughes, Alvarez was excoriated for publicly airing the details of what event in his memoirs?

5. What was the title of Ted Hughes' last work?

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