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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. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?
(a) A. Alvarez.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) Anne Stevenson.
(d) Ronald Hayman.

2. In their interview in Part Two: Chapter I, Anne Stevenson told Malcolm of the hurt she felt when a critic had accused her of ___________.
(a) Being envious of Plath's talent.
(b) Telling lies.
(c) Leaving out details.
(d) Secretly hating Plath.

3. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?
(a) Promiscuity.
(b) Lack of exercise.
(c) Tooth decay.
(d) Mental illness.

4. To assuage Ted's hurt artistic side, A. Alvarez wrote in a letter that he felt Ted and Sylvia were ______________.
(a) The greatest love story of all time.
(b) True intellectuals.
(c) Beautiful souls.
(d) The best poets of their generation.

5. Janet Malcolm wrote to Olwyn Hughes in an effort to get an interview with whom in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) A. Alvarez.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) Assia Wevill.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Linda Wagner-Martin wrote a biography of Sylvia Plath. Upon what did her relationship with the Hughes family deteriorate in Part One: Chapter IV?

2. At what meeting had Anne Stevenson appeared to speak in Part Two: Chapter I?

3. A. Alvarez ended his interview with Malcolm in Part Two: Chapter VII by concluding that Ted could never accept the fact that Sylvia's life and death was ________ and he could do nothing to change that.

4. Alvarez responded to Ted Hughes in letters that his work was honest and not one of _____________.

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

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